John Kirkpatrick Orlando's Return CD

John Kirkpatrick Orlando's Return CD features performances of around half of the 101 traditional English dance tunes collected in John Kirkpatrick's English Choice.

Specially recorded to accompany the book, the album provides an opportunity to hear the tunes performed by John Kirkpatrick on a fascinating selection of squeeze-boxes. Across the recording he plays three-row Casali B/C/C? accordion, two-row Hohner D/G melodeon, various Hohner one-row melodeons and Crabb G/C Anglo concertina.

John is accompanied by his son Benji Kirkpatrick, playing six-string guitar, twelve-string guitar and bouzouki. Their performances bring out the strong rhythms and distinctive character of the English traditional dance music featured throughout the collection.

The CD makes an ideal companion to John Kirkpatrick's English Choice, allowing musicians to hear the tunes as performed by John, follow the notation in the book and play along at their own pace. Together with the separately available Garrick's Delight CD, it provides performances of all 101 tunes featured in the book.

Key Features:

• Companion recording to John Kirkpatrick's English Choice
• Features around half of the 101 tunes from the book
• Performed by John Kirkpatrick
• Three-row Casali B/C/C? accordion
• Two-row Hohner D/G melodeon
• Various Hohner one-row melodeons
• Crabb G/C Anglo concertina
• Benji Kirkpatrick on six-string guitar, twelve-string guitar and bouzouki
• Strong focus on traditional English dance music
• Ideal for listening, learning and playing along
• Garrick's Delight companion CD available separately
• The two CDs together feature all 101 tunes from the book

For players exploring the music in John Kirkpatrick's English Choice, Orlando's Return offers the chance to hear another substantial selection of this traditional English repertoire performed by John Kirkpatrick and Benji Kirkpatrick.

The tunes are: