Pretty much anything you can find, but start with the first and third symphonies on Lyrita: fine, lyrical works with a distinctively Teutonic edge (Cooke was a pupil of Hindemith, and it shows). Chamber wise, I'm particularly fond of his Clarinet Quintet and Clarinet Sonata (Thea King on Hyperion) and a lovely little Recorder Quartet played by Ross Winters (available as a download through eMusic). Another eMusic download I went for just this week was Cooke's Bassoon Sonata on an album called 'An English Serenade' with other English composers. Oh, and try to find his Violin, Viola and Cello Sonatas on BMS: another thoroughly enjoyable listen. He was a a fine and sorely underrated composer.
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