Composer: Arnold Cooke
Performer: Tom Winpenny
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0659
Release: 2022
Size: 1.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Organ Sonata No. 1 in G Major, D. 118
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro con brio
Fantasia for Organ, D. 95
04. Poco lento – Allegro
Prelude, Intermezzo & Finale, D. 87
05. No. 1, Prelude. Allegro
06. No. 2, Intermezzo. Andante
07. No. 3, Finale. Allegro moderato
08. Sarabande for Organ, D. 34
Toccata & Aria, D. 104
09. No. 1, Toccata. Allegro moderato
10. No. 2, Aria. Andante
Suite in G Major for Organ, D. 167
11. I. Chaconne. Moderato
12. II. Allegro vivace
13. III. Andante
14. IV. Jig. Allegro con brio
15. Impromptu for Organ, D. 105
16. Prelude for Tudeley, D. 166
Organ Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, D. 146
17. I Fantasia. Allegro moderato
18. II. Aria. Lento
19. III. Scherzo. Vivace
20. IV. Finale. Allegro
The music of Arnold Cooke, born in Yorkshire in 1906, had already fallen into neglect by the time of his death 99 years later. Cooke was a prolific composer, with two operas, six symphonies, numerous concertos and a generous amount of chamber music to his credit – nor did he neglect the organ, as this album of his major organ pieces reveals. Cooke’s style owes much to his teacher, Hindemith, not least since both men were natural contrapuntists, although there are also points of contact with Bartók and Shostakovich, and occasional touches of Walton’s ceremonial sparkle and no-nonsense grandeur.