IN THE DISTANT SKY Cantabile's first recording in the distant sky was released in November 1998. The CD features Sirett’s work, Watane, an Iriquois soundscape. Selections from the disc were subsequently broadcast on several CBC radio programs, as well as on National Public Radio in the US.

1. Concrete

Chilcott

2. Winds                                                                   

Kuzmenko

3. A Great Big Sea                                            

Newfoundland arr. Doloff

4. The Snow                                                     

Elgar

5. Here’s to Song                                                          

MacGillivray arr. Adams

6. Apple-tree Wassail                                         

English arr. Hatfield

7. I’m Bound Away                                            

Scottish arr. Moore

8. Fergus an’ Molly                                            

Irish arr. Singh

9. The Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle             

Newfoundland arr. Daley

10. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening                    

Artman

11. Miniwanka                                                   

Schafer

12. The Chariot Children                                    

Raminsh

13. A Welsh Lullaby                                           

Scott

14. Dirait-on                                                     

Lauridsen

15. Watane                                                       

Sirett

16. Un canadien errant                                      

Quebecois arr. Sirett