Recordings
A short selection of recordings from ‘Balmoral Suite (Portraits of the Royal Family)
Overture - The family gathers
A graceful beauty
Grandpa hankers for the past
Enter Great-Grandpa
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William Alwyn – Chamber Music and Songs
Naxos 8.570340 (2007)
Madeleine Mitchell (violin), Roger Chase (viola), Andrew Ball (piano), Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Bridge String Quartet, John Turner (recorder)
Alwyn: Chaconne for Tom, for recorder and piano
William Alwyn – Mirages and other song-cycles
Naxos 8.570201 (2008)
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), John Turner (recorder), Iain Burnside (piano)
Alwyn: Seascapes
Ancient Sorceries: Music for countertenor and recorder
Guild GMCD 7348 (2010)
Nicholas Clapton (countertenor), John Turner (recorder), Ian Thompson (harpsichord), Jonathan Price (cello)
Richard Steinitz: Hymn to Apollo at Delphi, for countertenor, recorder and harpsichord
Arthur Butterworth: Ancient Sorceries, for countertenor, recorder and harpsichord
Stephen Hough: Three Grave Songs, for countertenor, recorder and cello
Nicholas Marshall: Cat and Mouse, for countertenor, recorder and harpsichord
John McCabe: Two Latin Elegies, for countertenor, recorder, cello, harpsichord and bells
John Gardner: Six by Four, for countertenor, recorder, cello and harpsichord
John Joubert: Crabbed Age and Youth, for countertenor, recorder, cello and harpsichord
Animal Heaven
Metier MSVCD92036 (2000)
Alison Wells (soprano) John Turner (recorder) Ketih Elcombe (harpsichord), Jonathan Price (cello)
Edward Harper: Lights Out, for soprano, recorder, harpsichord and cello
Lyell Cresswell: A Prayer to Appease the Spirit of the Land, for soprano and recorder
Kenneth Leighton: Animal Heaven, for soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord
Sally Beamish: Four Findrinny Songs, for soprano and recorder
Roger Williams: Oh! Mr. Lear, for soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord
David Johnson: God, Man & the Animals, for soprano, recorder, harpsichord and cello
Arnell and Hoffman – Aural Fixations
Verda Publising (2001)
John Turner (recorder), Landolfi String Quartet, David Pugsley, Christopher Knowles, Francesca Fraser (recorders)
Richard Arnell: Quintet (The Gambian) for recorder and string quartet
Donald Hoffman: Prelude for recorder quartet
Donald Hoffman: Fancy for recorder quartet
Donald Hoffman: Madrigal for recorder quartet
Donald Hoffman: Bugiwugimente, for recorder quartet
Malcolm Arnold – Bright Jewels: Music from the 1940s and 50s
Maestro MSV0214 (2CDset) (2007)
Claire Fillhart (flute), Sally Richardson (oboe), Linda Merrick (clarinet), Karen Slack (clarinet), John Turner (recorder), Laurie Ashworth (soprano), Sarah Gage and others (percussion), Julina Hellaby, Peter Noke, Claire Dunham (piano), Kingfisher Chorale
Arnold: Sonatina, Op. 41, for recorder and piano
Arnold: Solitaire, for recorder and piano
Malcolm Arnold – Orchestral Works
Naxos 8.572640 (2011)
Rphael Wallfisch (cello), John Turner (recorder), Northern Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Sinfonia
Arnold: Fantasy, Op. 140, for recorder and string quartet
Aspects of Nature – Music for recorder by English and Scottish composers
Olympia OCD714 (2002), rereleased by Heritage (2016)
John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano), Eleanor Meynell (soprano), Tom Dunn (viola)
Gordon Crosse: Watermusic for recorder and piano
William Alwyn: Seascapes, for soprano, recorder and piano
Robert Crawford: Variations on a Ground, for recorder and piano
Robin Orr: Three Pastorals for soprano, recorder, viola and piano
David Dorward: Whigmaleerie, for recorder and piano
David Dorward: The Long, the Short and the Tall, for recorder and piano
Arnold Cooke: Three Flower Songs, for soprano and recorder
Robin Holloway: A Wayside Daisy, for recorder and piano
John McLeod: Rainbow, for recorder and piano
Robert Crawford: Three Two-part Inventions, for recorder and viola
Robin Orr: Rondeau des Oiseaux, for solo recorder
Benjamin Britten: I Wonder as I Wander, for soprano and recorder
Autumn Sequence – The Music of Douglas Steele and his circle
Campion Cameo 2040/02 (2CDset) (2005)
Carlisle Cathedral Youth Choir and Choristers, Chethams Lower School Choir, Richard Baker (narrator), Jeremy Suter (organ), Dalston Handbell Ringers, Stephen Hough (piano), John Turner (piano), John Powell (baritone), Vanessa Williamson (mezzo-soprano), Michael Hancock (tenor), Peter Lawson (piano)
Arnold Cooke: Five Songs for William Blake, for baritone, recorder and piano
Philip Cowlin: Lament, for recorder and piano
Martin Bussey: Scherzetto, for recorder and piano
Stephen Hough: Elegy for recorder and piano
Emma Hancock: Pupazzetto, for recorder and piano
Douglas Steele: Autumn Sequence, for soloists, choir and instrumental ensemble
Balmoral Suite and other recorder favourites
Prima Facie PFCD101
John Turner (recorder), Manchester Sinfonia, conducted by Richard Howarth
Robin Stevens: Balmoral Suite
Peter Hope: Geordie Tunes
Anthony Hedges: Elegy for Tony
Nicholas Marshall: A Playford Garland
Wilfred Heaton: A Little Suite
Elis Pehkonen: Twilight and Evening Bell
David Beck: Concerto No. 2 (Tableaux)
John Golland: New World Dances
Colin Hand: Saltarello
Birdsongs in Silence – A Musical Portrait of Beth Wiseman and Geoffrey Poole
Prima Facie PFCD001 (2010)
John Turner and Friends (Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Jonathan Price (cello), Geoffrey Poole (piano), Okeanos, Camerata Quartet
Geoffrey Poole: Snow Mountain Piper, for solo recorder
Geoffrey Poole: After Long Silence, for soprano, recorder and cello
Geoffrey Poole: Canto 2: Dante’s Eagle, for soprano, recorder, cello and piano
Beth Wiseman: Blow of Your Breath, for soprano and recorder
Beth Wiseman: October, for soprano, recorder, cello and piano
Beth Wiseman: Dances on my Grave, for recorder and string quartet
Blue Clavichord: 20th century music for clavichord, harpsichord and recorder
Heritage HTGCD259 (2013)
John Turner (recorder), Peter Dickinson (piano)
Jeremy Dale Roberts: Hymn, for recorder and piano
Peter Dickinson: Pastorale Blues and Homage for recorder and piano
British Celebration 3
Heritage HTGCD181 (2019)
John Turner (recorder), Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Ronald Corp
Edward Gregson: Sarabande and Tarantella
Roger Cann: Fantasia: Where the Watchful Heron Stands
John Parry, orch Peter Hope: The Nightingale Rondo
British Serenade 2
Heritage HTGCD186 (2019)
John Turner (recorder), Manchester Sinfonia, conducted by Philip Spratley
Charles Paterson: Concertino for recorder and string
Peter Hope: The Bells of Aberdovey, for recorder and strings
British Recorder Concertos
Dutton CDLX 7154 (2005)
John Turner (recorder), Camerata Ensemble, conducted Philip McKenzie
Peter Hope: Birthday Concerto, for recorder, strings and percussion
David Beck: Flute-à-Beck: Concerto for recorder strings and harp
Hans Gál: Concertino, Op. 82, for recorder and strings
David Ellis: Divertimento Elegiaco, Op. 54a, for recorder, strings, harp and marimba
Ian Parrott: Sinfonia Concertante, for recorder, violin strings and percussion
David Dubery: Mrs. Harris in Paris, for recorder and string orchestra
Anthony Burgess – The Man and his Music
Metier 77202 (2013)
John Turner (recorder), Harvey Davies (piano)
Anthony Burgess: Sonatina, for recorder and piano
Anthony Burgess: Tre Pezzetti, for recorder and piano
Anthony Burgess: Sonata No. 1 in C, for recorder and piano
Anthony Burgess: Siciliano for recorder and piano
Nicholas Marshall: Sonata for recorder and piano
Alan Gibbs: Blithe Spirit, for recorder and piano
Gordon Crosse: The Thing with Feathers, for recorder and piano
Wilfred Josephs: Sonatine, Op. 4, for recorder and piano
Barry Ferguson: The Untamed has a Language but no Words, for recorder and piano
David Dubery: Sonata for recorder and piano
Alan Rawsthorne (arr. David Ellis): Interludes from Hamlet, for recorder and piano
Roy Heaton Smith: Sonatina alla Fantasia, Op. 23, for recorder and piano
Herbert Murrill: Sarabande, for recorder and piano
Peter Pope: Sonatina for recorder and piano
Dick Blackford: Sonata alla Danza, for recorder and piano
Christopher Wright: Sonata for recorder and piano
Matyas Seiber: Pastorale for recorder and piano
John Sullivan: Joie de Vivre, for recorder and piano
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Carolling – A Celebration for Walter and Ida Carroll
Forsyth FS004 (2002)
Alison Wells, John Turner, Keith Swallow and others
Dorothy Pilling: February, for soprano, recorder and piano
Dorothy Pilling: Jenny Kiss’d me, for soprano, recorder and piano
Terence Greaves: Melancholy Piper, for recorder and piano
Michael Zev Gordon: Dolce, for recorder and piano
John McLeod: Rainbow, for recorder and piano
Michael Ball: Carolling, for recorder and piano
Celtic Magic: Chamber Music and Songs by Peter Crossley-Holland his Circle
Campion Cameo 2026 (2003)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Keith Swallow (piano), Richard Howarth (violin), Tom Dunn (viola)
Crossley-Holland: Ode to Mananan, for recorder and piano
Crossley-Holland: Two Songs, for soprano, recorder and piano
Crossley-Holland: Trio, for recorder oboe and viola
David Cox: The Magical Island, for soprano, recorder and piano
A Clockwork Operetta – music by Kevin Malone
Prima Facie PFCD022 (2013)
John Turner, Manchester Sinfonia, cond. Richard Howarth
Malone: Angels and Fireflies, for recorder and string orchestra
A Concert for David Cox’s 80th Birthday
Postern Park Digital PPD 003 (1996)
Alison Wells (soprano), John Turner (recorder) Keith Swallow (piano), The Chantry Choir (conducted James Whitbourn)
Cox: Mr. Playford’s Musical Banquet, for recorder and piano
Cox: A Cornish Carol, for recorder and piano
Cox: A Hedonist of Ancient Greece, for soprano, recorder and piano
Anthony Gilbert: Chant-au-Clair, for recorder and piano
Alison Cox: Da Capo, for recorder and piano
Arnold Cooke: Three Flower Songs for soprano and recorder
William Alwyn: Seascapes for soprano, recorder and piano
Christmas Card Carols
Divine Art dda25161
Intimate Voices, directed by Christopher Stokes
22 Carols by John Turner, plus Canzonetta for recorder and harp
David Dubery – Songs and Chamber Music
Metier MSV 28523 (2011)
Adrienne Murray (mezzo-soprano), John Turner (recorder), Peter Dixon (cello), Richard Simpson (oboe), Richard Williamson (viola), Graham Salvage (bassoon), Craig Ogden (guitar), Paul Janes and David Dubery (piano)
Three Songs to Poems by Robert Graves, for voice, recorder and piano
Suite from Degrees of Evidence, for recorder, oboe and viola
Two Stopfordian Impressions for recorder and piano
Escapades for recorder, bassoon and piano
Harlequinade for recorder and guitar
Mrs. Harris in Paris for recorder and piano
English Recorder Concertos
Sanctuary ASV White Line WHL2143 (2002)
John Turner, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted Gavin Sutherland
John Gardner: Petite Suite, Op. 245, for recorder and string orchestra
John McCabe: Domestic Life, for recorder, string orchestra and xylophone
Peter Lawson: Song of the Lesser Twayblade, for recorder and string orchestra
Kenneth Leighton: Concerto, Op. 88, for recorder, harpsichord and string orchestra*
Philip Lane: Suite Champetre, for recorder, string orchestra and harp
Wilfrid Mellers: Aubade, for recorder, string orchestra and percussion
*Also on “My England – A Collection of Timeless English Concertos” Sanctuary RSB 505 (5CD set)
Fantasising: Chamber Music from Wales
Campion Cameo 2038 (2004)
John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Graham Salvage (bassoon), Janet Simpson (harpsichord/piano)
Ian Parrott: Fantasising on a Welsh Tune, for recorder, oboe, bassoon and piano
Ian Parrott: Portraits for recorder and piano
Alun Hoddinott: Lizard: Variants for solo recorder
William Mathias: Concertino, Op. 65, for recorder, oboe, bassoon and harpsichord
Jeffrey Lewis: Risoluto, for recorder, oboe, bassoon and piano
Flights of Fancy: A Celebration of the music of David Beck
Prima Facie PFCD011 (2012)
John Turner (recorder), The New World Ensemble, Keith Swallow (piano), Ian Thompson (harpsichord), Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano) and others
David Beck: Flights of Fancy, for recorder and harpsichord
David Beck: Petite Suite, for recorder and string quartet
David Beck: Carol Variations, for recorder and string quartet
David Beck: A Dunham Pastorale for recorder and piano
David Beck: A Christmas Vocalise for JM, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin & cello
David Beck: Vocalise No. 2, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin & cello
Flying Kites – A Trafford Miscellany
Campion Cameo 2044 (2005)
Richard Baker (narrator), John Turner (recorder), Keith Swallow (piano), Damien Harron (percussion)
Sasha Johnson Manning: Flying Kites, for recorder and piano
Robin Walker: Four Nursery Rhymes, for reciter, recorder and piano
David Beck: A Dunham Pastoral, for recorder and piano
Martin Ellerby: River Dances, for recorder and piano
James Langley: Five Shakespeare Dances, for solo recorder
Christopher Cotton: Rural Rondo, for recorder and piano
Anthony Gilbert – Dream Carousels and other Works
NMC D068 (2000)
John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano) RNCM New Ensemble (conducted Clark Rundell), and others
Gilbert: Igórochki – Concertini for recorder and chamber ensemble
Gradi – the Music of John Manduell
ASC CS CD47 (2002)
Claire Bradshaw (mezzo-soprano), Henry Herford (baritone), Craig Ogden (guitar), John Turner (recorder), Renna Kellaway (piano), The New Ensemble (directed by Clark Rundell), Nossek String Quartet
Manduell: Variations on a Trio Tune, for solo recorder
Manduell: Into the Ark for mezzo-soprano, recorder and guitar
Grains of Sand – Music by and for Wilfrid Mellers
Cameo 2051/52 (2CDset) (2006)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Craig Ogden (guitar), Peter Lawson (piano), Manchester Camerata Ensemble, conducted Philip Mackenzie
Mellers: The Ecchoing Green, for soprano and recorder
Mellers: The Happy Meadow, for recorder and guitar
Mellers: A Fount of Fair Dances, for recorder and string orchestra
Robin Walker: Reflection, for soprano, recorder and guitar
Robin Walker: Dances from The Bells of Blue Island, for recorder, violin and cello
Peter Sculthorpe: Koori dreaming, for recorder and guitar
Philip Grange: A Spectre Scene, for soprano and recorder
David Matthews: The Two Cuckoos, for recorder solo
John Paynter: Of Time and Place, for soprano, recorder and piano
Stephen Dodgson: The Monk and his Cat, for soprano, recorder and piano
Howard Skempton: Feste’s Song, for soprano, recorder and guitar
Ned Rorem: Sound the Flute, for soprano, recorder and piano
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
RSC (2016)
John Turner and Laura Robinson (recorders), Roger Child (lute)
Includes: Alan Rawsthorne: A Most Eloquent Music
Hat Box
Campion Cameo 2020 (2003)
John Turner (recorder), Neil Smith (guitar)
Alan Bullard: Hat Box, for recorder and guitar
Stepan Rak: Arioso, for recorder and guitar
Anon: Greensleeves to a Ground for recorder and guitar
Ernest Tomlinson: Chadkirk Idyll, for recorder and guitar
David Ellis: Fred’s Blue Ginger Staircase Music, Op, 72, for recorder and guitar
John Golland: New World Dances, Op. 62, for recorder and guitar
Pieter de Vois / Anon: 3 pieces from “t’Uitnement Kabinet”, for recorder and guitar
John Duarte: Un Petit Jazz, Op. 92, for recorder and guitar
John Duarte: Un Petit Bis, Op. 92a, for recorder and guitar
Peter Hope: Bramall Hall Dances, for recorder and guitar
Here We Come A-piping – songs and instrumental music of Nicholas Marshall
Forsyth FS003 (2000)
James Bowman (countertenor), Alison Wells (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Helen Sanderson (guitar), Neil Smith (guitar), Keith Swallow (piano)
Marshall: Four Haiku, for solo recorder
Marshall: Carousel, for soprano, recorder and piano
Marshall: Spring Morning with Birds, for solo recorder
Marshall: A Playford Garland, for recorder and guitar
Marshall: Six Folksongs, for countertenor, recorder and piano
High Barbaree – The music of Stephen Dodgson
Campion Cameo 2032 (2004)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Graham Salvage (bassoon), Craig Ogden (guitar), Pamela Nash (harpsichord)
Dodgson: High Barbaree, for recorder, guitar and harpsichord
Dodgson: Venus to the Muses, for soprano, recorder, bassoon and harpsichord
Dodgson: Shine and Shade, for recorder and harpsichord
Dodgson: Warbeck Trio, for recorder, bassoon and harpsichord
Peter Hope: Windblown: Sonatas for wind instruments
Divine Art dda25137
John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Tom Verity (clarinet), Frank Forst (bassoon), Harvey Davies, Janet Simpson, Simon Passmore (piano), Pam Zinnemann-Hope (reciter)
Hope: Sonata for recorder and piano
Hope: Tallis Remembered, for recorder clarinet and piano
Hope: A Walk with my dog Molly, for recite and recorder
Antony Hopkins: A Portrait
Divine Art dda21217
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Turner (recorder), Paul Barritt (violin), Matthew Jones (viola), Philip Fowke (piano), Michael Hampton (piano), Janet Simpson (piano)
Hopkins: Suite, for descant recorder and piano
Hopkins: Pastiche Suite, for treble recorder and piano
Hopkins: Three Seductions, for recorder and piano
Hopkins: Four Dances from Back to Methuselah, for recorder and piano
Hopkins: Three French Folksongs for soprano recorder and piano
Hopkins: I’ve lost my Love, fopr soprano, recorder and piano
Hopkins: Melancholy Song, for soprano, recorder and piano
Andrew Plant: On How to Sing, for soprano recorder and piano
David Matthews: A Little Pastoral, for solo recorder
David Dubery: Evening in April, for soprano, recorder and piano
Anthony Gilbert: Above all that, for recorder and piano
Gordon Crosse: CantAHta, for soprano, recorder and piano
David Ellis: Head Music, for recorder and piano
Joseph Phibbs: Pierrot, for soprano recorder and piano
Elis Pehkonen: Pieds en l’air, for recorder and piano
Sacred Physic – Music by Julia Usher
Metier MSVCD92066 (2003)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Nikki Bloomfield (alto and oboe), Jonathan Price (cello), Janet Simpson (harpsichord), Peter Lawson (piano)
Usher: Sacred Physic, for soprano, recorder, oboe, cello and harpsichord
Usher: Le Isole della Laguna, for recorder and piano
Usher: Invocation: Poor Naked Wretches, for alto, recorder, cello, piano and rainstick
The Silver Stars at Play
Prima Facie PFCD075
Kantos
includes my setting of Away in a Manger.
Songs and Chamber Music by Nicholas Marshall
Metier MSV28552 (2015)
James Gilchrist (tenor), John Turner (recorder), Harvey Davies (piano/harpsichord), Tim Smedley (cello), The Manchester Chamber Ensemble
Marshall: The Birds
Marshall: The Falling of the Leaves
Marshall: Recorder Concerto
Marshall: The Nightingale
Marshall: Four Folksongs
Sonnets, Airs and Dances – songs and chamber music by Philip Wood
Divine Art dda25131 (2016)
James Bowman (countertenor), Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder). Jonathan Price (cello), Heather Bills (cello), Harvey Davies (harpsichord), Manchester Camerata Ensemble
Wood: Sonnets, Airs and Dances
Wood: Five Spring Songs
Wood: Partita for recorder and cello
Wood: A Lonsdale Dance for solo recorder
Wood: Concertino for recorder and string quartet
Philip Spratley – Music for String Orchestra
Toccata TOCC 0088 (2009)
John Turner (recorder), Manchester Sinfonia, conducted by Philip Spratley
Recorder Concertino: A Gallery of Cats, for recorder and string orchestra
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: Music for recorder and string quartet
Olympia OCD 710 (2001)
John Turner, Camerata Ensemble
David Forshaw: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Leonard Bernstein: Variations on an octatonic Scale, for recorder and cello
Richard Arnell: Quintet: The Gambian, Op. 107
Robert Simpson: Variations and Fugue
David Ellis: Elegiac Variations, for recorder, viola and cello
Beth Wiseman: Dances on my Grave
Matyas Seiber: Pastorale for recorder and string trio
Philip Wood: Concertino
Tracey Chadwell’s Song Book
British Music Society BMS420/421CD (2CDset) (1997)
Tracey Chadwell (soprano), Pamela Lidiard (piano), John Turner (recorder)
David Lumsdaine: A Norfolk Songbook
Translations: Early Chamber Music by Peter Dickinson
Prima Facie PFNSCD009 (2018)
John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano), Harvey Davies (harpsichord), Richard Tunnicliffe (gamba)
Sonatina for recorder and piano
Translations for recorder, gamba and harpsichord
I Thirst – Robin Walker,
Riverrun RVR CD 66 (2003)
John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano) and others
Walker: Mr. Gilbert dines at the Modern Hindu Hotel, for recorder and piano
Walker: His Master’s Voice, for recorder and piano
An Image of Truth – the Music of David Ellis
ASD CSCD6 (1999)
William Byrd Singers (directed Stephen Wilkinson), Coull String Quartet
Ellis: Divertimento Elegiaco, Op. 54, for recorder, cello and harpsichord
Ellis: A Little Cantata, for soprano and recorder
Ellis: An Image of Truth, for soprano recorder and piano
David Ellis – Chamber Music and Songs
Prima FaciePFCD138 (2020)
Alison Wells (soprano), Keith Swallow (piano), John Turner (recorder), Keith Elcombe (harpsichord), Louise Thompson (harp), Richard Howarth (violin), Richard Williamson (viola), Jonathan Price (cello), Joanna Patton (clarinet), Rebecca Goldberg (horn).
Ellis: Fipple-Baguette: 3 Encores for solo recorder, Op. 76
Ellis: Concerto Corte e Dolce, for recorder, viola and harp, Op. 80
Ellis: Divertimento Elegiaco, Op. 54, for recorder, cello and harpsichord
Ellis: A Little Cantata, for soprano and recorder
Ellis: An Image of Truth, for soprano recorder and piano
Embrace of Fire: Music by Naji Hakim
Metier msv 28583 (2018)
John Turner (recorder), Simon Leach (organ)
Diptych for recorder and organ
English Recorder Music
Olympia OCD 667 (2000), Naxos 8.572503 (2010)
John Turner, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted Edward Gregson and Gavin Sutherland
Philip Lane: Suite Ancienne for recorder and string orchestra
Malcolm Arnold: Concertino, Op. 41a, for recorder and string orchestra
Thomas Pitfield: Concerto for recorder string orchestra and percussion
Edward Gregson: 3 Matisse Impressions, for recorder, strings, harp and percussion
David Lyon: Concertino for recorder and string orchestra
Thomas Pitfield: 3 Nautical Sketches, for recorder and string orchestra
Ian Parrott: Prelude and Waltz, for recorder and string orchestra
Alan Bullard: Recipes, for recorder and string orchestra
A Garland for John McCabe
Divine Art dda25166
John Turner (recorder), Linda Merrick (clarinet), Alistair Vennart (viola), Peter Lawson (piano)
Peter Dickinson: A Rag for McCabe, for recorder, clarinet, viola and piano
Edward Gregson: John’s Farewell, for recorder and piano
Robert Saxton: A Little Prelude for John McCabe, for recorder, clarinet, viola & piano
Howard Skempton: Highland Song, for recorder, clarinet and viola
Robin Walker: And Will You Walk Beside me, for recorder, clarinet, viola & piano
William Marshall: Little Passacaglia, for recorder and piano
James Francis Brown: Evening Changes, for recorder, clarinet and viola
Anthony Gilbert: The Flame has Ceased, for recorder, clarinet, viola & piano
Christopher Gunning: Danse des Fourmis, for recorder, clarinet and piano
Raymond Warren: In Nomine, for recorder and piano
Emily Howard: Outback, for recorder, clarinet, viola & piano
Gary Carpenter: Edradour, for recorder, clarinet, viola & piano
Peter Hope – Songs and Chamber Music
Dutton CDLX7192 (2007)
James Bowman (countertenor), Craig Ogden (guitar), John Turner (recorder), Stephane Rancourt (oboe), Graham Salvage (bassoon), David Francis (harpsichord), Peter Lawson (piano), Manchester Camerata Ensemble.
Hope: Bramall Hall Dances, for recorder harpsichord and cello
Hope: A Herrick Garland, for countertenor, recorder, harpsichord and cello
Karel Janovicky: Rainsongs and other works
Prima Facie PFCD060
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Joan Taylor (piano), The Manchester Chamber Ensemble
Janovicky: Rain Songs, for soprano, recorder and piano
Janovicky: Sonata for recorder and piano
Janovicky: Festive Fantasia and Fugue, for recorder and piano
Janovicky: Quintet for recorder and string quartet
Jigs Airs and Reels – Music for recorder and string quartet
Campion Cameo 2034 (2004)
John Turner (recorder), the Camerata Ensemble
Franz Reizenstein: Partita, Op. 13A. for recorder and string trio
John Jeffreys: Prelude and Jig for John Turner, for recorder and string quartet
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy, for recorder and string quartet
William Lewarne Harris: Quintet, for recorder and string quartet
Robin Walker: Dances from The Bells of Blue Island, for recorder, violin and cello
Edward Gregson: Romance, for recorder and string quartet
Philip Cowlin: Concertino, for recorder and string quartet
Ernest Tomlinson: Chadkirk Idyll, for recorder and string quartet
John Veale: Triptych, for recorder and string quartet
John Joubert – Four Song-Cycles
Toccata Classics TOCC 0045 (2007)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), John McCabe (piano)
Joubert: The Hour Hand, Op. 101, for soprano and recorder
Joubert: Improvisation, Op. 155, for recorder and piano
Joubert: The Rose is Shaken in the Wind, Op. 137, for soprano and recorder
John and Peter’s Whistling Book
Forsyth FS001/002 (2CDset) (1998)
John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano)
Geoffrey Poole: Skally Skarekrow’s Whistling Book, for recorder and piano
Michael Ball: Prospero’ s Music, for recorder and piano
Alan Bullard: Recipes, for recorder and piano
Alan Rawsthorne: Suite, for recorder and piano
Nicholas Marshall: Caprice, for recorder and piano
Douglas Steele: Song, for recorder and piano
Robin Walker: A Book of Song and Dance, for recorder and piano
Walter Leigh: Air, for recorder and piano
Arnold Cooke: Capriccio, for recorder and piano
Anthony Gilbert: Farings, for recorder and piano
John Turner: Four Diversions, for recorder and piano
David Ellis: Shadows in Blue, for recorder and piano
John Golland: Divertissement, for recorder and piano
John Golland: New World Dances, for recorder and piano
Kevin Malone: Saturday Soundtrack, for recorder and piano
Bryan Kelly – Orchestral Music
Heritage HTGCD285 (2014)
John Turner (recorder), Royal Ballet Sinfonia, cond. Barry Wordsworth
Kelly: Globe Theatre Suite
Also on British Concertante Heritage HTGCD191 (2017)
Letters to the World – Music by George Nicholson
Metier MSVCD92062 (2000)
Alison Wells (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Jonathan Price (cello), Keith Elcombe (harpsichord), Peter Lawson (piano), Philip Edwards (clarinet), George Nicholson (piano)
Nicholson: Spring Songs, for solo recorder
Nicholson: Letters to the World, for soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord
Sasha Johnson Manning – The Manchester Carols
The Manchester Carols Publishing Co. TMC CD1 (2007)
Naxos, 8.572469 (2009)
The Manchester Carollers, Northern Chamber Orchestra, with John Turner and Laura Robinson (recorders)
Mixed Doubles – Double Concertos by Gordon Crosse and John Manduell
Metier msv 77201
Michael Cox (flute), Matthew Jones (viola), John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (viola), Alison Teale (cor anglais)
Gordon Crosse: Brief Encounter, for oboe d’amore, recorder and strings
Gordon Crosse: Fantasia on Ca’ the Yowes, for recorder, harp and string orchestra.
John McCabe – Requiem Sequence and other works
Prima Facie PFCD044
John McCabe (piano), William Byrd Singers, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder)
John McCabe – Desert IV: Vista, for solo recorder
Musica Sancta – Carols and Sacred Music by David Jepson
Prima Facie PFCD121 (2020)
Kantos Chamber Choir, Elspeth Slorach, with John Turner (recorder) and Simon Mercer (organ and piano)
Good Day, Sire Christemas (choir, recorder and piano)
Am I God’s Son (choir, recorder and piano)
The Nostalgic Recorder – music for recorder and string quartet
Prima Facie PFCD037 (2015)
John Turner (recorder), The Manchester Chamber Ensemble
Antony Hopkins: Methuselah Dances
Peter Hope: Fantasia on John Dowland’s Flow my Tears
Alan Brown: Anima
Owen Swindale: Elegy for my Lost Friends
David Ellis: Fred’s Blue Ginger Staircase Music
Antony Gilbert: DancE-a-Triple Round
John McCabe: Meditation on a Norfolk Ballad
Philip Wood: Capriccio
Martin Ellerby: River Dances
Andrew Cusworth: From Castle Hill
Geoffrey Poole: City Square
On the Shoreline – music by Gordon Crosse
Prima Facie PFCD098 (2018)
John Turner, Manchester Sinfonia and others
On the Shoreline, for recorder and string septet
Opening the Door to the music of Roy Heaton Smith
Divine Art dda21228
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), John Turner (recorder), Linda Merrick (clarinet), Alistair Vennart (viola), Harvey Davies and others. Includes:
Pastoral, for voice, recorder and viola
Three Bagatelles, for recorder, clarinet and viola
Sonatina alla Fantasia, for recorder and piano
Orbits and Tangents – A Celebration for Sir John Manduell
Prima Facie PFCD004 (2010)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Richard Howarth (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da gamba), Jonathan Price (cello), Ian Thompson (harpsichord)
Gordon Crosse: Three Kipling Songs, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello
Edward Gregson: Remember,soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello
Philip Grange: Time Softly Treads, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello
Anthony Gilbert: En Bateau, d’apres Watteau, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello
Anthony Gilbert: Ondine, for soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord
Sally Beamish: Nightingale, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord
Elis Pehkonen: The Inward Eye, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord
David Beck: Vocalise No. 2, for soprano, recorder, oboe, violin and cello
NB En Bateau also appears on Travelling with Time: Recent music on historical themes, by Anthony Gilbert (PFCD041) (2015)
Over The Water – Music for recorder and string orchestra
Dutton CDLX 7191 (2007)
John Turner, Manchester Camerata Ensemble, conducted Philip Mackenzie
Franz Reizenstein: Partita, Op. 13b, for recorder and string orchestra
Gordon Crosse: Watermusic, for recorder and string orchestra
Arthur Butterworth: Rêverie, Op. 113a, for recorder, string orchestra and harp
Antony Hopkins: Suite, for recorder, string orchestra and harp
Francis Jackson: Moonrise, for recorder and string orchestra
Arnold Cooke: Divertimento, for recorder and string orchestra
Michael Hurd: Three-Piece Suite, for recorder and string orchestra
Anthony Hedges: Three Miniatures, for recorder, strings, harp and percussion
Elis Pehkonen: Concerto “Over the Water”, for recorder and string orchestra
Jim Parker: Travelling Light
Divine Art dda25146 (2017)
John Turner, (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Janet Simpson (piano), Solem String Quartet
Parker; A South American Journey
Parker: Three Diversions
The Music of Ian Parrott
Tabernacl TABIP1 (1997)
Alison Wells (soprano), John Turner (piano)
Keith Swallow (piano)
Parrott: Absence, for soprano, recorder and piano
Parrott: Arabesque and Dance, for recorder and piano
Parrott: Happiness, for reciter and recorder
Parrott: Awel Dyfi, for solo recorder
Parrott: The Wrexham Pipers meet the Machynlleth Marchers, for recorder and piano
Parrott: Songs of Renewal, for recorder and piano
David Cox: The Magical Island, for soprano, recorder and piano
Anthony Gilbert: Mid-Wales Lightwhistle Automatic, for recorder and piano
Geoffrey Bush: Cradle Song, for soprano, recorder and piano
Pied Piper: A Celebration of the life and work of David Munrow (1942-1976)
Campion Cameo 2082 (2009)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), Nicholas Clapton (countertenor), John Turner (recorder), Jonathan Price (cello), Ian Thompson (harpsichord), Michael Harper (pecussion)
John Casken: Sequence, for recorder and bells
Jane Wells: Time Song, for countertenor, recorder and cello
Arnoldus de Lantins: Tota Pulchra Es, for soprano, countertenor, recorder, cello and organ
Elis Pehkonen: The Song of the Turtle-Dove, for countertenor, recorder and cello
Dunstable: Quam Pulchra Es, for soprano, recorder cello and organ
Elis Pehkonen: Alleluia, for soprano, recorder, harpsichord and drum
John Joubert: Music for a Pied Piper, for countertenor, recorder, cello, harpsichord and chamber organ
Gordon Crosse: Verses in memoriam David Munrow, for countertenor, recorder, cello, harpsichord and bells
Selesses: En attendant, for countertenor, recorder, cello, organ and bells
Fronciaco: Kyrie Tropes, for soprano, countertenor, recorder, cello, organ and drum
Christopher Wright: Munrow’s Muse, for soprano, countertenor, recorder, cello, piano, harpsichord and bells
Pipings and Bowing – Lyrical English chamber music
Metier MSV 28522 (2011)
John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano), Richard Howarth (violin), Jonathan Price (cello), the Manchester Chamber Ensemble
Michael Hurd: Sonatina for recorder and piano
Michael Hurd: Three Piece Suite for recorder and string quartet
Robin Milford: Three Airs for recorder and piano
Robin Milford: Sonatina for recorder and piano
Robin Milford: Christmas Pastoral for recorder and piano
Dick Blackford: Concerto for recorder and string quartet
The Music of Thomas Pitfield
RNCM TP3
Tracey Chadwell (soprano), John McCabe (piano), Dennis Simons (violin), Richard Simpson (oboe), Janet Simpson (piano), Keith Swallow (piano), John Turner (recorder)
Pitfield: Winter Song, for soprano, recorder and piano
Pitfield: Birds about the Morning Air, for soprano, recorder and piano
Pitfield: Rondo alla tarantella, for recorder and piano
Pitfield: Three Nautical Sketches, for recorder and piano
Re-issued 2015 by Heritage, as Thomas Pitfield: Chamber Music HTGCD210
Prevailing Winds – Music for wind instruments by Robin Stevens
Divine Art dda 25194 (2019)
John Turner (recorder), Sarah Miller (flute), John Bradbury (clarinet), Richard Simpson (oboe), Helen Peller (bassoon), Robin Stevens (piano/cello/guitar), Lindsey Stoker (horn), David Jones (piano), Janet Simpson (piano)
Stevens: Concert Rondo, for recorder and piano
Stevens: Pandora’s Box, for recorder, cello and bassoon
Stevens: Jig, for recorder and guitar
Stevens: An Interrupted Waltz, for recorder and piano
Stevens: Contemplation, for recorder and cello
Stevens: At a Tangent, for recorder and cello
The Proud Recorder: Music for recorder and string quartet
Prima Facie PFCD038 (2015)
John Turner (recorder), The Manchester Chamber Ensemble
Patric Standford: Quintet
Robert Crawford: Variations on a Ground
Karel Janovicky: Quintet
Stephen Plews: Magellan in Moscow
Mervyn Burtch: Phantasy
David Beck: Quintet
David Beck: Lullaby
Peter Lawson: Song of the Small White Orchid
Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for string orchestra (and other orchestral works)
Naxos 8.553567 (1999)
John Turner (recorder), Conrad Marshall (flute), Rebecca Goldberg (horn)
Rawsthorne, orch. McCabe: Suite for recorder and string orchestra
Rawsthorne and other Rarities
Divine Art dda 25169 (2018)
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), Mark Rowlinson (recite), John Turner (recorder), Harvey Davies (harpsichord), Peter Lawson (piano), Solem String Quartet
Halsey Stevens: Sonatina Piacevole
Basil Deane/Raymond Warren: The Rose Tree
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Willow Whistle
Karel Janovicky: The Little Linden Pipe
Donald Waxman: Serenade and Caprice
Malcolm Lipkin: The Journey
David Ellis: Mount Street Blues
Recorder Fireworks
Prima Facie PFCD 010 (2011)
John Turner (recorder), Ian Thompson (harpsichord)
Edmund Rubbra: Meditazioni sopra Coeurs Desoles. Op. 67
Elis Pehkonen: Fireworks Music
Derek Bourgeois: Sonata, Op. 295
Robin Walker: Untitled
David Beck: Sonatina
Peter Hope: Geordie Tunes
David Lord: Miniature Suite
Mervyn Burtch: Sonatina
David Ellis: Fantaisie Epigrammatique, Op. 87
Reflections – Music by Elizabeth Maconchy and Nicola LeFanu
Metier MSVCD92064 (2005)
Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner (recorder), Okeanos
LeFanu: A Travelling Spirit, for soprano and recorder
Remembering Alfred Deller
Divine Art dda 25114 (2014)
James Bowman and Robin Blaze (countertenors), John Turner and Laura Robinson (recorders), Tim Smedley (cello), Dave Bainbridge (guitar), Ian Thompson (harpsichord)
Bergmann: Pastorale, for countertenor and recorder
Tippett: Four Inventions for two recorders
Ridout: Soliloquy for countertenor, recorder, cello and harpsichord
Blow: Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell
Handel: Sonata in F Major
William Williams:Sonata in A Minor
The Rose Tree: Music in memory of Basil Deane
Prima Facie PFCD005 (2010)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Richard Simpson (oboe), Richard Howarth (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da gamba), Jonathan Price (cello), Ian Thompson (harpsichord and piano)
Basil Deane/Raymond Warren: The Rose Tree, for soprano, recorder and cello
Anthony Hedges: Four Poems of W. B. Yeats, for soprano, recorder, cello and piano
John McDowell: On the Sussex Downs, for soprano, recorder and cello
Elizabeth Poston: Concertino da Camera, for recorder, oboe d’amore, gamba and harpsichord
John Joubert: A Woman Young and Old, for soprano, recorder, cello and harpsichord
Geoffrey Poole: After Silence, for soprano, recorder and cello
John Manduell: Verses from Calvary, for soprano, recorder, oboe violin and cello
Lennox Berkeley: Una and the Lion, for soprano, recorder, gamba and harpsichord
Turning Towards You: Music by Robin Walker
Divine Art dda25180 (2019)
John Turner, Emma McGrath, Mandcester Sinfonia and others.
A Prayer and a Dance of Two Spirits, for recorder violin and string orchestra
A Rune for St. Mary’s for solo recorder
Turning World – Music by Elis Pehkonen
Corinium CMCD003 (2006)
John Turner (recorder), The Manchester Chamber Ensemble and others.
Pehkonen: Hymn to the Sun, for solo recorder
Pehkonen: Over the Water (from Concerto: Over the Water)
Twists and Turns – music by Robert Keeley
Metier msv 28568
John Turner (recorder), Linda Merrick (clarinet), Robert Keeley (harpsichord), the Manchester Chamber Ensemble
Interrupted Melody and Breathless Scherzo, for solo recorder
Twists and Turns, for recorder clarinet and harpsichord
Interleaves, for solo recorder and strings
Chamber Music by John Veale and Robert Crawford
Metier msv28520 (2010)
John Turner (recorder), Linda Merrick (clarinet), The Adderbury Ensemble
Robert Crawford: Elegiac Quintet for recorder and string quartet
Robert Crawford: Three Two-Part Inventions for recorder and clarinet
John Veale: Impromptu for solo recorder
John Veale: Triptych for recorder and string quartet
Wandering Pathways: music for recorder and string quartet
Prima Facie PFCD091
John Turner (recorder) and others
Leonard Bernstein: Variations on an Octatonic Scale, for recorder and cells
Peter Hope; Fantasia on John Dowland’s Flow my Tears
Robert Crawford: Variations on a Ground
David Beck: Carol Variations
Alun Hoddinott: Lizard for solo recorder
David Ellis: Elegiac Variations for recorder viola and cello
Peter Dickinson: Translations for recorder gamba and harpsichord
John McCabe: Meditations on a Norfolk Ballad
Richard Arnell: Quintet: The Gambian
David Forshaw: Thiretten Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
White Dawn – Songs and Soundscapes by David Lumsdaine
Metier msv28519 (2010)
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano), Gemini, directed by Martyn Brabbins
A Little Cantata, for soprano, recorder and piano
Metamorphosis at Mullet Creek, for solo recorder
A Norfolk Songbook , for soprano and recorder
Christopher Wright – Evocation: String and Orchestral Music
Dutton CCLX 7240 (2009)
John Turner (recorder), Manchester Sinfonia, conducted by Christopher Wright
Divertimento for recorder and string orchestra.
Christopher Wright – Pandora’s Last Gift; Chamber Music
Metier msv28547
John Turner (recorder), Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), Richard Howarth (violin), Tim Smedley (cello), Harvey Davies (harpsichord), Jonathan Fisher (piano) and others.
Spirit of the Dance, for recorder, violin, cello and harpsichord
In Celebration, for recorder and string quartet
The Long Wait, for soprano, recorder and piano
ALSO
Numerous recordings with The Monteverdi Orchestra and The English Baroque Soloists (including Handel Acis and Galatea and Monteverdi Balli e Balletti) (Erato and Archiv), English Chamber Orchestra (including Handel Organ Concertos and Concerti Grossi and Purcell Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day) (Archiv), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (including Telemann Hamburger Ebb und Fluth), Academy of Ancient Music (including Telemann Concerto for recorder and flute with Stephen Preston, Purcell Theatre Music, Handel Water Music and Bach Magnificat in E flat) (L’Oiseau Lyre) and Menuhin Festival Orchestra (Bach Concerto for harpsichord and two recorders)
Recordings of the Brandenburg Concertos (with David Munrow) with London Philharmonic Orchestra (Boult), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Marriner),Virtuosi of England (Davison), English Chamber Orchestra (Leppard), English Chamber Orchestra (Somary)
Recordings with The Early Music Consort of London include: Monteverdi’s Contemporaries, Dances from Terpsichore, Henry VIII and his six wives, Two Renaissance Dance Bands, The Art of the Recorder, Renaissance Suite (La Course en Tete), Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Greensleeves to a Ground, The Art of the Netherlands, Purcell Birthday Odes for Queen Mary, Monteverdi Vespers
Music from the Television Series Elizabeth R, by Andy Price (Channel 4, C4M00022), 2000
