These arrangements by Bernard Thomas of two of Schein’s finest suites (6 and 16 from his collection Banchetto Musicale) come with 2 sets of parts for SSATB and AATBGb; the lower pitch sets sound particularly good.

Johann Hermann Schein’s Banchetto Musicale was published in Leipzig in 1617. It consists of 20 “suites” each consisting of Paduana, Galliarda, Corrente and Allemande/Tripla, though the word “suite” (or any other similar word) is not used. Music historians have described Schein as th...