Cooke, Arnold

British Recorder Music / Ross Winters

1 CD / Meridian / 2012-05-08

Works: Alan Bush: Sonatina for 3 recorders & piano, Op. 82; Lennox Berkeley: Concertino, for flute (or recorder), violin, cello & harpsichord (or piano), Op. 49; Sonatina for recorder (or flute) & piano, Op...
Performers: Burroughs, Jessica; Dopadlik, Adam [Recorder]; Jacobson, Julian; Keen, Michael [Recorder]; Matsumoto, Yuka; Winters, Ross [Recorder]

A CD of rare recordings of British recorder music expertly performed by Ross Winters alongside a first-class ensemble including world-renowned pianist Julian Jacobson....continue...
Recording information: St. Edward the Confessor Church, London, England (05/18/2011-05/20/2011)....continue...

Great European Organs, Vol. 83 / Cooke, Harris, Alcock

1 CD / Priory / 2011-08-09

Works: Walter Alcock: Fantasia for organ; William Lloyd Webber: Benedictus; John Stainer: Prelude and Fughetta for organ in C major; Impromptu for organ; On a Bass, for organ; Arnold Cooke: Organ Sonata no ...
Performers: Cook, Daniel

The Father Willis Organ in St. Bees Priory is renowned throughout the world as one of the finest romantic organs ever constructed. Built in 1899,...continue...
Recording information: St. Bees Priory (07/21/2010/07/22/2010)....continue...

Arnold Cooke: Chamber Music

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: Arnold Cooke: Sonata for Piano no 1; Three Songs of Innocence, for soprano, clarinet & piano; Rondo for horn & piano in B flat major; Flute Quartet; Nocturnes, a cycle of five songs for voice, horn &...
Performers: Goff, Morgan; Jaggard, Jonathan; Lodge, Melanie; Pearson, Justin [Cello]; Schulman, Lorraine; Terroni, Raphael; Williams, Patrick [Flute]; Zielinski, Warren

This wide-ranging survey of chamber music by British composer Arnold Cooke fills a huge gap in the catalogue. It includes music written over a span...continue...

Arnold Cooke: Three String Sonatas

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-02-09

Works: Arnold Cooke: Sonata for violin & piano no 2; Sonata for viola & piano; Sonata for cello & piano no 2
Performers: Goff, Morgan; Stanzeleit, Susanne; Terroni, Raphael; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]

Recording information: Music Ha;;, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London (2005-10-02&2005-10-09&2005-)....continue...

Lyrita Box Set (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: William Alwyn: Magic Island, symphonic prelude for orchestra; Malcolm Arnold: English Dances Set 2, for orchestra, Op. 33; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Gran...
Performers: Binns, Malcolm; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Alwyn, William; Arnold, Malcolm, Sir; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry; Boult, Adrian; Fredman, Myer; Berkeley, Lennox; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Handley, Vernon; Joly, Simon; Davison, Arthur

A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue...

Brian: Symphonies no 6 & 16; Cooke: Symphony no 3 / Braithwaite, Fredman, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-06-10

Works: Havergal Brian: Symphony no 6 "Sinfonia Tragica"; Symphony no 16; Arnold Cooke: Symphony no 3 in D major
Conductors: Fredman, Myer; Braithwaite, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"...With this disc Lyrita have made available two of the most fascinating of Brian symphonies. Of the two, the Sixth is simply stunning. It is...continue...

The English Flute - Tavener, Stainer, Griffith, etc / Redgate, Dussek

1 CD / Divine Art / 2008-05-06

Works: Edward German: Suite for flute & piano; Christopher Redgate: Folk Songs (3), for flute & piano; Michael Head: By the River in Spring; Arnold Cooke: Sonatina for flute & piano; York Bowen: Sonata for ...
Performers: Dussek, Michael; Redgate, Celia

Not only are all these works for flute by English composers, they were also all written for the wooden flute and are typical of the...continue...

Over the Water / Turner, MacKenzie, Manchester Camerata

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-12-11

Works: Franz Reizenstein: Partita for recorder & string orchestra, Op. 13b; Gordon Crosse: Watermusic, for recorder & piano (or string orchestra); Arthur Butterworth: Rêverie for recorder, harp & strin...
Performers: Fulton, Janet; Thomson, Louise; Turner, John
Conductors: Howarth, Richard

Cooke: Concerto in D, Jabez and the Devil Suite, Symphony

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-06-12

Works: Arnold Cooke: Concerto in D, for string orchestra; Symphony no 1; Jabez and the Devil (Suite from the Ballet)
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Writing in the journal Musical Opinion in 1936, Havergal Brian hailed Arnold Cooke (1906-2005) as one of the most promising young British composers of his...continue...

CANTO / Ericson, Sellheim

1 CD / Summit Records / 2005-03-08

Works: Trygve Madsen: Sonata for horn & piano, Op. 24; Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; Reinhold Glière: Pieces for various instruments & piano, Op. 35...
Performers: Ericson, John; Sellheim, Eckart

Clarinet Quintets / Thea King, Britten Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-05-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet, for clarinet quintet, Op. 31; Arnold Cooke: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Elizabeth Maconchy: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Benjamin Frankel: Quintet for C...
Performers: King, Thea; Lale, Peter; Manning, Peter; Pascoe, Keith; Shulman, Andrew

'Yet another super disc from this company. Thea King is no stranger to Hyperion but I think this may be her best disc to date...continue...

In the Twilight - Strauss, Denza, et al / Sommerville, et al

1 CD / Boston Records / 2001-12-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Alphorn ("Ein Alphorn hör' ich schallen"), song for voice, horn & piano, o.Op. 29 (TrV 64, AV 29); Jules Massenet: Amours bénis; Les yeux clos, for voice & piano (from "M&#...
Performers: Sharon, Rena; Sommerville, James [French Horn]

Nocturnes - 20th Century Music for Voice, Horn and Piano

1 CD / Equilibrium / 1999-06-01

Works: Arnold Cooke: Nocturnes (5) for voice & ensemble; Eric Street: Tonight I can Fly; Chocolate Kisses for voice, horn & piano; Donald Busarow: Death be not Proud; Steven Winteregg: City Songs (3) for vo...
Performers: Belknap, Monte; Davis, Mary
Conductors: ; Gittleman, Neal
Ensemble: Cantecor Trio

Songs of Innocence - Argento, Cooke, Moylan / Jean Danton

1 CD / Albany Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Dominick Argento: Elizabethan Songs (6) for high voice & chamber ensemble; Songs About Spring (5) for voice & piano; Arnold Cooke: Songs of Innocence (3) for voice, clarinet & piano; Nocturnes (5) fo...
Performers: Black, Anne; Bumstead, John; Danton, Jean; Harrison, Jane; Krueger, Christopher; Martins, David; Martins, Ellen Michaud; Stumpf, Thomas
Conductors: Brooks, C. Thomas

English Music for Clarinet / Thea King, Clifford Benson

2 CD / Hyperion / 1997-09-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Sonata for clarinet & piano, Op. 129; Howard Ferguson: Short Pieces (4) for clarinet (or viola) & piano, Op 6; Gerald Finzi: Bagatelles (5) for clarinet & piano, Op. 23; Wi...
Performers: Benson, Clifford; King, Thea

"The English clarinet tradition is well documented in this set...The listener unfamiliar with this repertoire will no doubt be taken by the variety of musical...continue...