Sadly, the general (romantic) orchestra have instruments that are way louder than the recorder thus we get drowned out unless the music is designed for a recorder solo (even then, the soloist sometimes gets drown out). The good news is that baroque and early music ensembles exist and that’s where the recorder shines. It also has a place in contemporary music, although it may not be your cup of tea. Right now recorder makers and players have been designing ‘modern’ recorders that are capable of blending with the orchestra and getting louder. These modern recorders also offer a lot more freedom in recorder playing (check out, helder and Eagle recorders!) Sorry for rambling, I hope you found it interesting!

What you say is interesting. I have been listening to Bach cantatas and love the way he uses the recorder in his orchestrations.@@doginabox9621

*Korsakov

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I think I saw multiple ABS recorders, plastic. Sounds good.

1st Holborne Galliard (untitled, 1 of many); last Anthony Holborne 'Muy Linda' ('Jig'/Galliard); all others are William Brade (I think). kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5mnmr2LntfZY2g.html

1 & 4 are from Holborne's "Pavans, galliards, almains, and other short æires both grave, and light", No. 40 and No. 64 (As it fell on a holie eve), 2 & 3 are from Brade's "Newe ausserlesene Paduanen und Galliarden" (1614), No. 27 and No. 1 You can find the transcriptions at IMSLP (imslp.org/) And, by the way, well done!

@@KzadBhat Thanks.