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Carson Cooman is many things musical – organist and Composer in Residence at the Memorial Church, Harvard University; writer, critic and consultant, concert organist, and above all a highly prolific composer of music in a wide variety of genres, from orchestral to song.
His organ compositions come in many styles, from those inspired by the Renaissance, to liturgical models, to more gritty and substantial pieces such as his organ symphonies and preludes and fugues. The music here, tonal and accessible though never lacking in complex chromaticism, was all written either as a commission, or dedicated to a person who has known, worked with, or inspired the composer. Some works are overtly liturgical and all are endowed with a deep spirituality.
Erik Simmons is a fine organist, making his fifth Cooman organ album for Divine Art. He is playing the organ of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer, France (built 1855) in a live performance recorded through the Hauptwerk system.
- Carson Cooman
- Exordium
- Romanza
- Little Partita on a Polish Carol
- Cortège
- Sketch No. 1
- Refrains A Czech Liturgical Year
- I. Advent: Gaudeamus Partitur
- II. Christmas: Narodil se Kristus Pán
- III. Lent: Matka pláče
- IV. Easter: Aleluja! Živ bud’ nad smrtí
- V. Ordinary Time: Tisáckrát pozdravujeme tebe
- I. Invocation: Adore te devote
- II. Fantasy: Da pacem Domine
- Canto quieto
- Pastorale (E.M.M.)
- Rondino for St. Joseph Deux petits préludes
- I. Prélude phrygien
- II. Prélude jovial O Come: Three Hymn Fantasies
- I. Nettleton (Come, thou fount)
- II. Veni Emmanuel
- III. Veni Creator Spiritus
Gregorian Diptych
- 01 Exordium
- 02 Romanza
- 03 Little Partita on a Polish Carol
- 04 Cortège
- 05 Sketch No. 1
- 06 Refrains
- 07 I. Advent: Gaudeamus Partitur
- 08 II. Christmas: Narodil se Kristus Pán
- 09 III. Lent: Matka pláče
- 10 IV. Easter: Aleluja! Živ bud’ nad smrtí
- 11 V. Ordinary Time: Tisáckrát pozdravujeme tebe
- 12 I. Invocation: Adore te devote
- 13 II. Fantasy: Da pacem Domine
- 14 Canto quieto
- 15 Pastorale (E.M.M.)
- 16 Rondino for St. Joseph
- 17 I. Prélude phrygien
- 18 II. Prélude jovial
- 19 I. Nettleton (Come, thou fount)
- 20 II. Veni Emmanuel
- 21 III. Veni Creator Spiritus