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This album derives from a 1998 release from Forsyth Brothers (Manchester) featuring works published in their Recorder Catalogue. It was then called ‘John and Peter’s Whistling Book’. For this new version, remastered in 2022, several extra tracks have been added. The album features the recorder at its most scintillatingly bright – most of the music here, though very recent, is melodic, tuneful, often in dance form, and witty – for example Alan Bullard’s suite inspired by favorite foods from around the world. Two small forays into modernism are provided by superb pieces by Richard Whalley and Kevin Malone.
John Turner is one of the world’s most respected and skilful recorderists, with a long history of recordings, publications and premieres, including regular appearances with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Early Music Consort with David Munrow, English Chamber Orchestra and Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Peter Lawson has also enjoyed a long and illustrious career; he taught at Chetham’s School of Music for almost 40 years and has a large and impressive discography to his name.
- Skally Skarekrow’s Whistling Book – I Clouds (with Silver Linings) (1:40)
- Skally Skarekrow’s Whistling Book – II. Spring Breezes (2:03)
- Skally Skarekrow’s Whistling Book – III. Sunshine (1:19)
- Skally Skarekrow’s Whistling Book – IV. Hailstones (2:30
- Prospero’s Music (9:55)
- Recipes – I. Coffee and Crossiants (1:59)
- Recipes – II. Barbecue Blues (2:02)
- Recipes – III. Prawn Paella (1:41)
- Recipes – IV. Special Chop-suey (2:32)
- Recipes – V. Fish and Chips (1:34)
- Suite – I. Sarabande (1:20)
- Suite – II. Fantasia (2:26)
- Suite – III. Air (1:08)
- Suite – IV. Jig (1:12)
- Caprice (1:44)
- Song (3:27)
- Spring Dances – I. Allegretto (1:54)
- Spring Dances – II. Andante con moto (2:15)
- Spring Dances – III. Allegro moderato (1:25)
- A Book of Song and Dance – I. Song 1 (0:41)
- A Book of Song and Dance – II. My Luve (1:44)
- A Book of Song and Dance – III. Idyll (2:24)
- A Book of Song and Dance – IV. Song 2 (1:17)
- A Book of Song and Dance – V. Rite (1:46)
- A Book of Song and Dance – VI. Dance 1 (0:20)
- A Book of Song and Dance – VII. Canon (0:49)
- A Book of Song and Dance – VIII. Shenadoah (1:54)
- A Book of Song and Dance – IX. Dance 2 (1:50)
- A Book of Song and Dance – X. Clark Sanders (2:09)
- A Book of Song and Dance – XI. Tired Boy (2:59)
- Her Rapture (3:38)
- Air (1:20)
- Capriccio (3:21)
- Farings – I. Mr. Pitfield’s Pibroch (1L37)
- Farings – II. Eighty for William Alwyn (0:57)
- Farings – III. Arbor Avium Canentium (1:48)
- Farings – IV. Batterfeet (1:15)
- Farings – V. Slow Down after Fifty (2:50)
- Farings – VI. Miss Carroll Her Lullabye (1:35)
- Farings – VII. MidWales Lightwhistle Automatic (2:52)
- Farings – VIII. Chant-au-Clair (1:14)
- Four Diversions – I. Intrada (0:59)
- Four Diversions – II. Waltz (0:52)
- Four Diversions – III. Aubade (1:13)
- Four Diversions – IV. Hornpipe (1:54)
- Shadows in Blue, Op. 61 (5:58)
- Divertissement, Op. 52 – I. Entrée (1:33)
- Divertissement, Op. 52 – II. Gavotte (3:08)
- Divertissement, Op. 52 – III. Air (3:32)
- Divertissement, Op. 52 – IV. Gigue (1:27)
- New World Dances, Op. 62 – I. Ragtime (2:22)
- New World Dances, Op. 62 – II. Blues (2:17)
- New World Dances, Op. 62 – III. Bossa Nova (1:56)
- Kokopelli (5:41)
- Saturday Soundtrack (2:24)
Geoffrey Poole (b.1949)>
Michael Ball (b.1946):
Alan Bullard (b.1947):
Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971):
Nicholas Marshall (b.1942):
Douglas Steele (1910-1999):
John Addison (1929-1998):
Robin Walker (b.1953):
Walter Leigh (1905-1942):
Arnold Cooke (1906-2005):
Anthony Gilbert (b.1934):
John Turner (b.1943):
David Ellis (b.1933):
John Golland (1942-1993):
Richard Whalley (b.1974):
Kevin Malone (b.1958):
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Skally Skarekrow's Whistling Book – I Clouds (with Silver Linings) (1:40)
02
Skally Skarekrow's Whistling Book – II. Spring Breezes (2:03)
03
Skally Skarekrow's Whistling Book – III. Sunshine (1:19)
04
Skally Skarekrow's Whistling Book – IV. Hailstones (2:30
05
Prospero's Music (9:55)
06
Recipes – I. Coffee and Crossiants (1:59)
07
Recipes – II. Barbecue Blues (2:02)
08
Recipes – III. Prawn Paella (1:41)
09
Recipes – IV. Special Chop-suey (2:32)
10
Recipes – V. Fish and Chips (1:34)
11
Suite – I. Sarabande (1:20)
12
Suite – II. Fantasia (2:26)
13
Suite – III. Air (1:08)
14
Suite – IV. Jig (1:12)
15
Caprice (1:44)
16
Song (3:27)
17
Spring Dances – I. Allegretto (1:54)
18
Spring Dances – II. Andante con moto (2:15)
19
Spring Dances – III. Allegro moderato (1:25)
20
A Book of Song and Dance – I. Song 1 (0:41)
21
A Book of Song and Dance – II. My Luve (1:44)
22
A Book of Song and Dance – III. Idyll (2:24)
23
A Book of Song and Dance – IV. Song 2 (1:17)
24
A Book of Song and Dance – V. Rite (1:46)
25
A Book of Song and Dance – VI. Dance 1 (0:20)
26
A Book of Song and Dance – VII. Canon (0:49)
27
A Book of Song and Dance – VIII. Shenadoah (1:54)
28
A Book of Song and Dance – IX. Dance 2 (1:50)
29
A Book of Song and Dance – X. Clark Sanders (2:09)
30
A Book of Song and Dance – XI. Tired Boy (2:59)
31
Her Rapture (3:38)
32
Air (1:20)
33
Capriccio (3:21)
34
Farings – I. Mr. Pitfield's Pibroch (1L37)
35
Farings – II. Eighty for William Alwyn (0:57)
36
Farings – III. Arbor Avium Canentium (1:48)
37
Farings – IV. Batterfeet (1:15)
38
Farings – V. Slow Down after Fifty (2:50)
39
Farings – VI. Miss Carroll Her Lullabye (1:35)
40
Farings – VII. MidWales Lightwhistle Automatic (2:52)
41
Farings – VIII. Chant-au-Clair (1:14)
42
Four Diversions – I. Intrada (0:59)
43
Four Diversions – II. Waltz (0:52)
44
Four Diversions – III. Aubade (1:13)
45
Four Diversions – IV. Hornpipe (1:54)
46
Shadows in Blue, Op. 61 (5:58)
47
Divertissement, Op. 52 – I. Entrée (1:33)
48
Divertissement, Op. 52 – II. Gavotte (3:08)
49
Divertissement, Op. 52 – III. Air (3:32)
50
Divertissement, Op. 52 – IV. Gigue (1:27)
51
New World Dances, Op. 62 – I. Ragtime (2:22)
52
New World Dances, Op. 62 – II. Blues (2:17)
53
New World Dances, Op. 62 – III. Bossa Nova (1:56)
54
Kokopelli (5:41)
55
Saturday Soundtrack (2:24)