Some eight years ago I posted my vote for loveliest miniature in classical music. It is excerpted from a Bach cantata, and features a pair of treble recorders (blockfloeten) - this being, in some ways, my favourite of musical instruments.
I have found a somewhat crisper (live) recording here - one that brings-out the wonderful effect Bach gets from the interplay of the recorders.
If you are wondering just how Bach created that astonishing sound from the recorders - this remarkably lyrical 'animated graphical score' of the music makes clear:
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I don't recall ever listening to this before. Charming! Thanks for sharing.
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