Online Recordings
In the fall of 2011, Carson Cooman began a project to create online demonstration recordings of organ repertoire by primarily contemporary composers. The pieces chosen are primarily short works that are accessible and useful to organists of all skill levels, for either service or recital playing.
The currently posted recordings are listed below. More will be added regularly. Links are provided to view/listen on YouTube/Contrebombarde or to download a higher-resolution MP3 recording.
Music by Thomas Åberg is available on a separate page.
Robert Allworth (b. 1943)
Vision of Lourdes (1989)
Published by Australian Music Centre in "Visions of Mary Immaculate"
Online listening stream / MP3
Franklin D. Ashdown (b. 1942)
A Lenten Idyll (2004)
Published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Online listening stream / MP3
Franklin D. Ashdown (b. 1942)
Lenten Idyll No. 2 (2007)
Published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Online listening stream / MP3
Franklin D. Ashdown (b. 1942)
Pastorale on "Kremser" (2009)
Published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Online listening stream / MP3
Keith Barnard (b. 1950)
The Universal Harmony of Light (2003)
Online listening stream / MP3
Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974)
Cursed Motives (2009)
Online listening stream / MP3
Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
Fantasia (2012)
Published by Éditions Cheldar
Online listening stream / MP3
Gwilym Beechey (b. 1938)
Celebration (2011)
Published by Fagus-Music.com in "The Second Fagus Book of Trumpet and Tuba Tunes"
Online listening stream / MP3
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Ayre (2011)
Published by animus Music Publishing in "False Relations"
Online listening stream / MP3
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Chorale and Dance (2013)
Online listening stream / MP3
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Dorian Chorale (2012)
Online listening stream / MP3
Dance of the Gargoyles (2012)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by animus Music Publishing in "Organ Club Collection"
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Fotheringhay Suite (2011)
1) Mr. Bull's Sortie (MP3)
2) Mary's Dumpë (MP3)
3) Royal Tordion (MP3)
4) Lantern Song (MP3)
5) A Hymn for Richard (MP3)
Published by animus Music Publishing
Online listening stream [complete]
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
A Minstrels' Gallery (2011)
1) Basse Danse (MP3)
2) Dump (MP3)
3) Tordion (MP3)
4) Branle (MP3)
5) Pavane (MP3)
6) Galliard (MP3)
Published by animus Music Publishing
Online listening stream [complete]
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Prelude on a Melody by Hanson Wood (2004)
Published by animus Music Publishing in "Pennine Pieces"
Online listening stream / MP3
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Rhapsody on a Theme by Widor (2010)
Published by animus Music Publishing in "Five Miniatures"
Online listening stream / MP3
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Tristram Remembered (2012–13)
1) Herschel's Romp
Online listening stream / MP3
2) Aeolian Chorale
Online listening stream / MP3
3) Meditation
Online listening stream / MP3
4) A Tune for Tristram
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by animus Music Publishing
Douglas Bell (b. 1932)
Variations: The Bower (2010)
Published by animus Music Publishing in "Five Miniatures"
Online listening stream / MP3
Jan Bender (1909–1994)
Prelude and Fugue in the Lydian Mode, op. 29, no. 21 (1978)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Jan Bender (1909–1994)
Wedding March, op. 29, no. 19e (1981)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Stephen Best (b. 1946)
Four Gentle Overnight Pieces (2006)
1) Michael's Melody (Melody in Eb major)
Online listening stream / MP3
2) Meditation Melody
Online listening stream / MP3
3) Meditation on A-L-E-X (Meditation in A minor)
Online listening stream / MP3
4) Lullaby in C major
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Evensong Music, Media, and Graphics
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Prelude to "They Walk Alone" (1938)
Published by Boosey & Hawkes in "Britten for Organ"
Online listening stream / MP3
Matthew F. Burt (b. 1977)
Fantasy (2003)
Online listening stream / MP3
Charles Callahan (b. 1951)
A Christmas Prelude (2012)
Published by MorningStar Music Publishers in "Four Organ Pieces for Advent and Christmas"
Online listening stream / MP3
Santino Cara (b. 1957)
Chorale in E minor, CS066-2 (2003)
Online listening stream / MP3
Chorale in E major, CS110-1 (2007)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Santino Cara Music
Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)
Offertoire (2008)
Published by Fagus-Music.com in "The Fagus Book of Offertories and Interludes"
Online listening stream / MP3
Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)
Prelude (1961)
YouTube / MP3
Pavan (1962)
YouTube / MP3
Published by Fagus-Music.com as "Two Easy Pieces"
Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)
Prelude from Coldridge Baroque (2004)
Published by animus Music Publishing
YouTube / MP3
Humphrey Clucas (b. 1941)
Variations on "Aus der Tiefe" (2006)
Published by animus Music Publishing in "Coldridge Variations"
Online listening stream / MP3
Nancy Hill Cobb (b. 1951)
Contemplation on "Davis" (1982)
Online listening stream / MP3
Fanfare on "Nicaea" (1982)
Online listening stream / MP3
Benjamin Cornelius-Bates (b. 1978)
Ostinato from Organbook (2010)
Published by Baetz Editions
YouTube / MP3
Janet Correll (b. 1942)
Reverie (1994)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Robert Cuckson (b. 1942)
Trope: Agnus Dei (1975)
Published by Coburn Press (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Jim Dalton (b. 1957)
Prelude on "Mear" (1992/2002)
Online listening stream / MP3
Paula Diehl (b. 1925)
Hearings (2012)
Online listening stream / MP3
To the Contrary (2012)
Online listening stream / MP3
John S. Dixon (b. 1957)
Canzona (2003)
Online listening stream / MP3
Galliard in C (2001)
YouTube / MP3
Invention in C (2000)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Zimbel Press (dist. Subito) in "With Eager Hands"
Kathy Wonson Eddy (b. 1951)
Mist in the Valleys (1997)
Published in "The Berkshire Organbook" (1997)
Online listening stream / MP3
Alfred V. Fedak (b. 1953)
Meditation on "Veni Emmanuel" (2011)
Published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Online listening stream / MP3
Michael Fontana (b. 1960)
Meditation (1993)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Marisa Green (b. 1982)
Reflections on "Silent Night"
(2003)
Online listening stream / MP3
Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959)
Crimson Sunset (2012)
Published by ECS Publishing
Online listening stream / MP3
Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959)
Intermezzo (1999)
Published by ECS Publishing
Online listening stream / MP3
Karin Höghielm (b. 1962)
Postludium V (2012)
Published by SMIC in "7 Postludier"
Online listening stream / MP3
Frédéric Inigo (b. 1959)
Centon, set (2001)
Online listening stream / MP3
Páll Ísólfsson (1893–1974)
Prelude in C minor
Online listening stream / MP3
Prelude in C major
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Iceland Music Information Centre
David Kidwell (b. 1968)
Two Meditations (1989)
Published by David Kidwell Music
Online listening stream / MP3
David Kidwell (b. 1968)
Voluntary on "Dix" (2010)
Published by David Kidwell Music
Online listening stream / MP3
Robert E. Kreutz (1922–1996)
Parable (1969)
Published by World Library Publications (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Deux petites pièces dans le style médiéval, op. 130 (1960)
Published by Masters Music Publications, Inc. in "Twelve Little Pieces"
Online listening stream / MP3
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Dix versets dans les modes grégoriens, op. 130 (1962)
1) Mode I (ending on D): Allegro (MP3)
2) Mode I (ending on Eb): Lento (MP3)
3) Mode II (ending on A): Allegro (MP3)
4) Mode III (ending on E): Moderato (MP3)
5) Mode IV (ending on C#): Largo (MP3)
6) Mode V (ending on F): Allegro (MP3)
7) Mode VI (ending on Eb): Allegro (MP3)
8) Mode VII (ending on D): Andantino (MP3)
9) Mode VII (ending on Eb): Allegretto (MP3)
10) Mode VIII (ending on E): Maestoso (MP3)
Published by Masters Music Publications, Inc. in "Twelve Little Pieces"
Online listening stream [complete] / MP3 [complete]
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Petit prélude sur deux thèmes grégoriens, op. 172 (1972)
Published by Éditions Delatour in "13 Pièces d'orgue: 1956–76"
Online listening stream / MP3
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Prière des mages, op. 212 (1971/81)
Published by Universal Edition in "The New Organ Album I"
Online listening stream / MP3
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Quatre préludes, op. 185 (1975)
Published by Éditions Delatour in "13 Pièces d'orgue: 1956–76"
Online listening stream / MP3
Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
Supplication, op. 170 (1972)
Published by Éditions Delatour in "13 Pièces d'orgue: 1956–76"
Online listening stream / MP3
Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
Fanfare (1966)
Published by Oxford University Press in "Easy Modern Organ Music, Book 1"
Online listening stream / MP3
Ernst Levy (1895–1981)
Prelude on "The Sabbath Bride" (1961)
Published Transcontinental Music Publications
Online listening stream / MP3
Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968)
Icon (2010)
Published by Polskie Wydawinctwo Muzyczne SA
Online listening stream / MP3
Kevin McCarter (b. 1956)
Two Preludes after Jean Langlais (1999)
Online listening stream / MP3
George Frederick McKay (1899–1970)
Contemplations (Four Expressive Pieces after a poem by William Blake) (1962)
Published by Abingdon Press (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
George Frederick McKay (1899–1970)
Lament for Absalom (1963)
Published by Western International Music in "The California Organist Collection, Vol. 1"
Online listening stream / MP3
George Frederick McKay (1899–1970)
Meditation No. 4 (1962)
Published by Abingdon Press (out-of-print) in "Meditations"
Online listening stream / MP3
George Frederick McKay (1899–1970)
Postlude (on a theme by Victoria) (1968)
Published by World Library Publications (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
George Frederick McKay (1899–1970)
Prayer (1957)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co. (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Henri Mulet (1878–1967)
Angelus
(1911)
Online listening stream / MP3
Offertoire (1911)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Evensong Music, Media, and Graphics in "The Final Four"
Brian K. Muzas (b. 1974)
Three Hymn Tune Preludes (2003)
1) Prelude on "Samanthra"
Online listening stream / MP3
2) Prelude on "Quebec"
Online listening stream / MP3
2) Prelude on "Wondrous Love"
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by CanticaNOVA Publications
Jeffrey Parola (b. 1979)
Joseph Gazes (2010)
Online listening stream / MP3
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Trivium (1976)
Published by Hans Sikorski
Online listening stream / MP3
Craig A. Penfield (b. 1948)
Antiphon (1987)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Craig A. Penfield (b. 1948)
Liturgy (publ. 1991)
Published by H. W. Gray/CPP-Belwin
Online listening stream / MP3
Craig A. Penfield (b. 1948)
Madrigal Sonata No. 8 (1995, rev. 2012)
Online listening stream / MP3
Madrigal Sonata No. 23 (2012)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Zimbel Press (dist. Subito)
Craig A. Penfield (b. 1948)
"Olde English" Suite (publ. 1992)
Published by The Willis Music Company (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Craig A. Penfield (b. 1948)
Pontification (1987)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Ronald Perera (b. 1941)
Full Sun (2011)
Published by ECS Publishing
Online listening stream / MP3
Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
Aria and Interlude (2001)
Published by ECS Publishing
Online listening stream / MP3
Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
The Saint Luke Organ Book (2005)
1) Processional;
2) In Nomine;
3) A Psalm;
4) And all the Company of Heaven;
5) Sabbath Rest;
6) The Bells
Published by ECS Publishing
Online listening stream / MP3
Iteke Prins (b. 1937)
Fantasia (2010)
Published by Zimbel Press (dist. Subito)
Online listening stream / MP3
Lionel Rogg (b. 1936)
Ground (2004)
Published by Éditions Delatour in "Neuf pièces brèves"
Online listening stream / MP3
William James Ross (b. 1937)
Prelude (1980)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Jouko Saari (b. 1944)
Prelude and Chorale
(1970/75)
Published by Sulasol
Online listening stream / MP3
Robert Saari (b. 1947)
Prelude (2011)
Online listening stream / MP3
Bernard Wayne Sanders (b. 1957)
Aria (2002)
Online listening stream / MP3
Theme and Variations (1981)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Edition Dohr in "8 Pieces"
Bernard Wayne Sanders (b. 1957)
Chorale Prelude on "Es ist genug" (2011)
Published by Concordia Publishing House in "Hymn Prelude Library: Lutheran Service Book, Vol. 3"
Online listening stream / MP3
Bernard Wayne Sanders (b. 1957)
Dirges in the Dark (2007)
1) Dirge 1 (MP3)
2) Dirge 2 (MP3)
3) Dirge 3
(MP3)
Online listening stream [complete]
Bernard Wayne Sanders (b. 1957)
Melodie (1979)
Published by Belwin-Mills (out-of-print)
Online listening stream / MP3
Bernard Wayne Sanders (b. 1957)
Postludium in F major (1993)
Online listening stream / MP3
Praeambulum and Meditation in B minor (1993)
Online listening stream / MP3
Ricercare à 2 (1993)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Edition Dohr in "24 Ludien"
Adrian Self (b. 1952)
Overture (2006)
[Grave
– Hornpipe – Minuet]
Published by animus Music Publishing in "Pam's Pieces"
YouTube / MP3
Geoffrey Self (1930–2008)
Pavane (publ. 1997)
Published by animus Music Publishing in "The Colebrooke Collection"
YouTube / MP3
Charles Shadle (b. 1960)
Red Cloud (2011)
Online listening stream / MP3
Adam G. Singleton (b. 1978)
Prayer, op. 1 (2000)
Published by Score Exchange
Online listening stream / MP3
Johan-Magnus Sjöberg (b. 1953)
Festpostludium I (2010)
Online listening stream / MP3
Festpostludium II (2010)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by SMIC
Johan-Magnus Sjöberg (b. 1953)
Lamento per organo (2009)
Published by SMIC
Online listening stream / MP3
Johan-Magnus Sjöberg (b. 1953)
Melody (2011)
Published by SMIC in "Två meditationer"
Online listening stream / MP3
Johan-Magnus Sjöberg (b. 1953)
Små Toccata I (2008)
Published by SMIC in "Två små toccator"
Online listening stream / MP3
Johan-Magnus Sjöberg (b. 1953)
Triptych for Organ (2011)
Published by SMIC
Online listening stream / MP3
Bengt-Göran Sköld (b. 1936)
Klintetoccata (2003)
Published by SMIC
Online listening stream / MP3
Bengt-Göran Sköld (b. 1936)
Stämningsbilder (1999–2011)
1) Andantino
7) Whole note = ca. 56
Published by Noteria
Online listening stream / MP3
Horst Soenke (b. 1929)
Präludium II (1997)
Published by Strube Verlag in "15 freie Orgelstücke"
Online listening stream / MP3
Terry Streeton (b. 1949)
A Little Prelude (2013)
Online listening stream / MP3
Terry Streeton (b. 1949)
Three Nocturnes (2013)
1) Dusk
Online listening stream / MP3
2) Dark
Online listening stream / MP3
3) Dawn
Online listening stream / MP3
YouTube [complete]
Quentin Thomas (b. 1972)
Upon an Icon (1998)
Published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. in "Service Music for Mostly Manuals"
Online listening stream / MP3
Antoine Tisné (1932–1998)
Sept petites préludes (1989)
1) d'un silence; 2) d'une voix intérieure; 3) d'une évocation; 4) d'un soir; 5) d'un horizon calme; 6) d'un dialogue; 7) d'un hymne en canon
Published by Musik Fabrik
Online listening stream / MP3
Jónas Tómasson (b. 1947)
Intrada II (1999)
Published by Iceland Music Information Centre
Online listening stream / MP3
Germán Torre (b. 1957)
Preludio sul Corale "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" (2012)
Online listening stream / MP3
Joseph Turrin (b. 1947)
Canticle (1988)
Published by Zimbel Press (dist. Subito)
Online listening stream / MP3
Christopher Uehlein (b. 1931)
Locrian Interlude (2009)
Published by Augsburg Fortress in "A Blue Cloud Abbey Organ Book for Lent"
Online listening stream / MP3
Christopher Uehlein (b. 1931)
Pastorale No. 1 (publ. 1993)
Online listening stream / MP3
Postlude on an Original Antiphon (publ. 1993)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Augsburg Fortress in "Blue Cloud Abbey Organ Book"
Norman Warren (b. 1934)
Quiet Hills (2001)
Published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. in "An Easy Collection for Organ"
Online listening stream / MP3
Christopher M. Wicks (b. 1975)
Contemplation for Organ (2007)
Online listening stream / MP3
Mark L. Williams (b. 1958)
Contemplation (2002)
Online listening stream / MP3
Festival Prelude (2002)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Hinshaw Music, Inc. in "Magnify the Lord!"
Gernot Wurst (b. 1979)
Miniature No. 1
(2009)
Online listening stream / MP3
Gordon Young (1919–1998)
Arioso (1974)
Published by Fred Bock Music Company in "Sonata da Chiesa" (1974) and "Sonata in Baroque Style" (1996)
Online listening stream / MP3
Gordon Young (1919–1998)
Canzona
(1987)
Online listening stream / MP3
Bachiana (1987)
Online listening stream / MP3
Published by Harold Flammer in "15 Pieces for Church or Recital"
Gordon Young (1919–1998)
Chant (1970)
Published by Oxford University Press in "9 Pieces for Organ"
Online listening stream / MP3