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Gagliarda "La Rocha El Fuso", anonymous from around 1530.

A Pavane written in 1536 by Don Luis Milan, I presume originally for lute.  From _Music of the Renaissance for Three Recorders_  (Erich Katz, Edward B Marks Music Company, 1967).  This is the way levels and pan should work I think.   The soprano part is in the middle at full, everyone else is off to one side or the other and 15-25% softer.  A pavane is a relatively slow dance.

From "Renaissance Songs and Dances for Recorders", an American Recorder Society edition originally published in 1967.  Thomas Lupo lived 1571-1627.  I'm now experimenting with levels and stereo balance; I tried to make the top soprano pop out a little here. Any out-of-tune-ness is purely my own. Four parts, including two sopranos lines.

This is probably a bit beyond my ability. But what's a heaven for?  From Johann Mattheson "8 sonatas for 3 Alto (treble) recorders", published in 1721 or thereabouts. I'm playing from the Hargail Music Press edition, edited by M. Kolinski. Three parts, all alto recorder.

A galliard from 1570, from "The Consort Collection (Volume 1) ed. by Larry Bernstein. Anonymous. Four parts.

From The Consort Collection Vol 1 by Larry Bernstein (Dolce, Brighton, England). Notes indicate it was written about 1510 by Juan Del Encina.  I think this was originally a song about a straying wife.

From "A Purcell Collection for Recorder Consort: Fifty Solos, Duets, trios and quartets" (Arnold Freed, Boosey & Hawkes, 1986 ).  This is a quartet from "Dioclesian", an opera Purcell wrote in 1690.

A bouree from the Atlanta Winter Music Festival.  The sheet music has just "Bouree" and "MPC" on it. I think this means Michael Praetorius ( 1571-1621 ).  Five parts including the tambourine on the repeats. Apparently with percussion, less is often more.

An Anthony Holbrook tune which fell into my recorder case. The sheet music includes words for the 50th anniversary of the American Recorder Society. Four parts. The top two are both soprano, which is probably a tactical error. It's hard to keep 2 sopranos in different parts of the range in tune.

From "Music of the Renaissance for three recorders" (Erich Katz, Edward B. Marks Music Company) This is #3 -- header says "Mocht ich dein begeren (from the 'Lochleimer Liederbuch', ca 1455)".