Arnold Cooke - Symphony No.1; Concerto for String Orchestra; Jabez and the Devil

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Concerto in D for String Orchestra (1948) 

Symphony No. 1 (1947) 

Jabez and the Devil - Suite (1959)

 

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite

rec. 1970, 1979, 1977.

Havergal Brian - Symphonies Nos.6 & 16; Arnold Cooke - Symphony No.3

Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972)

Symphony No.6 "Sinfonia Tragica" (1948)

Symphony No.16 (1960)

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Symphony No.3 (1967) *

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Myer Fredman

Nicholas Braithwaite *

Recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London;  

on 10 April 1973 (Brian), and 7 January 1974 (Cooke)

The Whistling Book - English Music for Recorder and Piano

The Whistling Book - English Music for Recorder and Piano

John Turner (recorder) & Peter Lawson (piano)

Works and Composers

Skally Skarecrow’s Whistling Book (Geoffrey Poole)

Prospero’s Music (Michael Ball)

Recipes (Alan Bullard)

Suite (Alan Rawsthorne)

Caprice (Nicholas Marshall

Song (Douglas Steele)

A Book of Song and Dance (Robin Walker)

Air (Walter Leigh)

Capriccio (Arnold Cooke)

Farings (Anthony Gilbert)

Four Diversions (John Turner)

Shadows in Blue (David Ellis)

Divertissement (John Golland)

New World Dances (John Golland)

Saturday Soundtrack (Kevin Malone)

John Turner (solo recorder):

Spring Dances (John Addison)

Her Rapture (Robin Walker)

Richard Whalley (prepared piano):

Kokopelli (Richard Whalley)

Three works receive their premiere recording – recorded 2021 

(Spring Dances and her Rapture) and 2017 (Kokopelli).

Arnold Cooke - Complete Music for Oboe and Sonata for Two Pianos

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Complete Music for Oboe and Sonata for Two Pianos

Sonata for oboe and piano (1957) 

Sonata for oboe and cembalo (or piano) (1962) 

Intermezzo for oboe and piano (1987) 

Quartet for oboe and string trio (1948) 

Sonata for two pianos (1937)

Melinda Maxwell (oboe)

The Pleyel Ensemble

Harvey Davies, Helen Davies (pianos)

rec. 2017/18, The Carole Nash Room, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

British Clarinet Concertos Vol.2 (Britten, Finzi, Cooke, Mathias)

 

British Clarinet Concertos - Volume 2

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Movements for a clarinet concerto (1941-2) 

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

Five Bagatelles, op.23a (1938-43) 

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Concerto No.1 for clarinet and string orchestra (1955) 

William MATHIAS (1934-1992)

Clarinet Concerto, op.68 (1975) 

Michael Collins (clarinet/conductor)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

rec. 5-6 January 2012, Blackheath Halls (Finzi); 9-10 July 2015, Maida Vale Studio No.1 (other works)

Find Volume 1 HERE

Arnold Cooke - The Complete Violin Sonatas

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

The Complete Violin Sonatas

Sonatas 1 & 2 for Violin and Piano, Solo Violin Sonata and the Duo for Violin and Viola 

The Pleyel Ensemble

Benedict Holland (Violin) Harvey Davies (Piano) and Susie Mészáros (Viola)