Recordings of Works by Carson Cooman

Recordings Devoted Entirely to Cooman's Music

Rising at Dawn: Chamber Music with Brass by Carson Cooman (2013 rel; CD recording) - FORTHCOMING SUMMER 2013

Contains Chasing the Moon Down (2009) for mezzo-soprano, trumpet, and piano, Cantus I (2011) for piano, Quidnet Shadows (2009) for flugelhorn and harp, Cantus II (Into Unknowing Light) (2011) for piano, Autumn Sun Canticle (2005) for trumpet and piano, Woodbury Sestina (2009) for trumpet, Sonata for Tuba and Piano (2007), and Yizkor (2011) for piano

Katarzyna Sadej, mezzo-soprano
Chris Gekker, trumpet and flugelhorn
Rebecca Smith, harp
Mark Nelson, tuba
Marie Sierra, piano
Jeffrey Grossman, piano

Cover photograph: Beach Sunrise by Colby Cooman

Métier Records (Catalogue #MSV 28538)

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Planctus: Organ Music of Carson Cooman (2013 rel; CD recording)

Contains Utrecht Fantasia (2012), Sinfonia (2011), Pastorella and Fanfare (2001), Planctus II (2012), Verset III,"Lied ohne Worte" (2012), Tenebrae Canticle (2001), First-light Prayer (2003), Dawning (2002), No Darkness at All (2004), Madaket Morning (2004), Easter Contemplation on "O Filii et Filiae" (2006), O Sleep, Dear Holy Baby (2004), Bears Fruit in Season (2001), Dreaming Eternity (2003), and Eternity in Their Hearts (2002)

Erik Simmons, organist
Organ by Jonathan Bätz, 1831
Domkerk, Utrecht, Netherlands
Model by Jiří Žůrek, Institute for Classical Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, 2012

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Christian Lane Plays Cooman at Harvard (2012 rel; digital download)

Contains Suite Breve (2010) for organ
Organ by Skinner Organ Company, Op. 793 (1930, rebuilt 2010 by Foley-Baker, Inc.)

Fantasia on "Fair Harvard" (2012) for organ
Organ by C. B. Fisk, Inc., Op. 139 (2012)

The Memorial Church at Harvard University
Christian Lane, organist

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The Welcome News: Choral Music of Carson Cooman (2012 rel; CD recording)

Contains Ad majorem Dei gloriam (2004), Set Me As a Seal (2009), The Welcome News (2009), That They May Rest (2009), Surely It Is God Who Saves Me (2009), O Lord, Increase My Faith (2007), Love Came Down at Christmas (2009), The Rose Tree Carol (2010), Kings Are Sleeping (2010), The Appleton Motets (2008), Wherein Our Blessings Stand (2010), O quam mirabilis (2010), Bless the Lord, O My Soul (2010), One Thing (2010), Faith, Hope, Love (2003), Hope and Love (2010), Hope (2010), Man Proposes, but God Disposes (2008), Awake, My Heart (2010), O Lord, I Will Sing of Your Love Forever (2010)

Cambridge Consonance
Jeffrey Grossman, conductor

Gothic Records (Catalogue #G-49280)

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Canzona: Organ Music of Carson Cooman (2012 rel; CD recording)

Contains Monody (2012), Canzona II (2011), Trio: in memoriam Dirk Flentrop (2004), Hornpipe (2011), Partita on "St. Elizabeth" (2005), Rondeau (2011), Prelude on "Martyrdom" (2005), Prelude on "O Sacred Head" (2000), All My Heart This Night Rejoices (2004), Lamento e Giga (2012), Vision: O the Lamb (2001), and Prelude and Fugue (2011)

Erik Simmons, organist
Organ by Michael Engler, 1732–37
Basilica Mariä-Himmelfahrt, Krzeszów (Grüssau), Poland
Model by Jiří Žůrek, Institute for Classical Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, 2011

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Wild Sunrises: Organ Music of Carson Cooman (2011 rel; CD recording)

Contains Toccata-Fantasy on a Medieval Welsh Carol (2007), Alive! (2002), Sunburst (2001), Trio: in memoriam Dirk Flentrop (2004), Exaltations (2001), No Darkness At All (2004), Toccata: Homage to Buxtehude (2007), Blessing (2003), Dawning (2002), Ab Ortu Solis (2005), Make Glad the City of God (2005), Jubilee-Postlude on "Converse" (2001), Berceuse (2010), Trumpet Tune (2010), and Wild Sunrises (2002)

Harry Lyn Huff, organist
Organ of Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts

Cover painting: Nantucket Sunset #8 by Stephen Silver

Raven Records (Catalogue #OAR-932)

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Cooman: A Trip to the Sky (2011 rel; CD recording)

(A MusicWeb International Recording of the Year 2011)

Contains A Trip to the Sky (2009) for any solo or combination of instruments, Schumann Serenade (2007) for string trio, Quartet for Piano and Strings (A Sea Liturgy) (2009), Estampie (2008) for two violins, Tombeau-Aria (2003) for string quartet, Cavatina (2008) for viola and piano, Four Aphoristic Inventions (2003) for string quartet, Planctus (2005) for viola, and Viola Quintet (Unquiet Parables) (2009)

Slovak Chamber Soloists
Members of the Zwiebel Quartet
Sarah Darling, viola
Nora Skuta, piano
Jeffrey Grossman, piano
Carson Cooman, piano

Cover photograph: Beach Path to the Sky by J. Greg Hinson

MSR Classics (Catalogue #MS 1387)

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Cooman: Piano Works (2010 rel; CD recording)

Contains Nine Preludes (2007), Concert Piece: La Tricotea (2006), Madrigal (2006), Lullaby (after Rameau) (2009), Bear Mountain Fragments (2008), Summer Solstice (2007), Madaket Dreaming (2008), and Mountain Toccata (2008)

Donna Amato, piano

Cover photograph: Madaket Sunset by J. Greg Hinson

Altarus Records (Catalogue #AIR-CD-9015)

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Cooman: Nantucket Dreaming (2010 rel; CD recording)

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Contains Miacomet Dreaming (2008) for orchestra, Nobadeer Dreaming (2008) for flugelhorn, Quintet for Bassoon and Strings (2005-08), Madaket Dreaming (2008) for piano, Shawkemo Dreaming (2009) for string orchestra, Lyric Trio for Trumpet, Cello, and Piano (2007), Sankaty Dreaming (String Quartet No. 4) (2002), and Flying Machine (2008) for orchestra

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor
Chris Gekker, trumpet/flugelhorn

Emmanuel Feldman, cello
Jeffrey Grossman, piano
Roman Mesina, bassoon and the Zwiebel Quartet

Cover painting: Welcome Site, Brant Point by Loretta Yoder

Naxos Records (Catalogue #8.559655)

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The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky) (2009 rel; CD recording)

Contains The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky) (2009) an oratorio for soprano, baritone, chorus, and chamber orchestra

based on the writings of Julian of Norwich

Rebecca Henning, soprano
Jonathan Mark Roberts, baritone
The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Buttrick Sinfonia
Rupert Gough, conductor

Albany Records (Catalogue #TROY1143)

Cover painting: South Shore Dune by Loretta Yoder

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Faith, Praise, and Prayer: Hymn Preludes for Piano by Carson Cooman (2002/2009 rel; CD recording)

Contains Faith, Praise, and Prayer (2002) eight hymn preludes for piano and Faith, Praise, and Prayer for Advent and Christmas (2002) eight hymn preludes for piano

Carson Cooman, piano

Revolutionary Earthworks: Music for Mechanical Piano by Carson Cooman (2009 rel; CD recording)

Contains Three Canons for Mechanical Piano (2009), The Better Part of Forever (2009) memory piece for mechanical piano, A Little Dance for Bill (2009) quasi-tango for mechanical piano, Triadic Legends (2009) suite for mechanical piano

Zimbel Records (Catalogue #ZR120)

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Enchanted Tracings: Music of Carson Cooman (2009 rel; CD recording)

Contains Fanfare for DGF (2008) for orchestra, Remembering Tomorrow: Trombone Concerto (2004), In What Time Remains (2005) for brass quintet, Oboe Quartet (2007) for oboe and string quartet, Enchanted Tracings (Piano Concerto No. 2) (2008) for solo piano and wind ensemble, Beyond All Knowing (2003) for chamber orchestra, and Brass Quintet (2007) for brass quintet

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor
Robert Kozánek, trombone; Nora Skuta, piano

Artek Recordings (Catalogue #AR-0047-2); distributed by Naxos Records

Cover painting: Light Years Ahead by Loretta Yoder

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New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music of Carson Cooman (2008 rel; CD recording)

Contains Gold into Diamonds (2007) for voice and piano, New Dawn (2008) for piano, Chorale Preludes (1999) for piano, Bell Mosaic (2003) for piano, Seven Haiku (2005) for voice and piano, Oakdale Sketchbook (1997) for piano, Aria: Yet Brighter Light (2002) for piano, Rainshower (2002) for piano, Kahlenberg (2005) for piano, Lingering, Lonely Callings (2004-05) for voice and piano, Winter Sonatina (2007) for piano, and Mountain Toccata (2008) for piano

Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Jeffrey Grossman, piano

Albany Records (Catalogue #TROY1053)

Cover painting: Bass Rocks Surf by Loretta Yoder

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Summer Songs: Chamber Music of Carson Cooman (2008 rel; CD recording)

Contains Summer Song (2003) for cello, Fantasia on American Hymns (1999-2000) for alto saxophone and piano, Lyric Pieces (2004) for clarinet and piano, Canalscape: Soliloquy for String Quartet (2003), Tombeau-Aria (2003) for string quartet, and Dawn Rituals (2005) for flute quartet

Olga Kryvtsova, cello; Paul Wehage, alto saxophone; Moyuru Maeda, piano; Angela Occhionero, clarinet; Donna Amato, piano
Ukrainian Quartet; LAGO Flute Quartet

Zimbel Records (Catalogue #ZR117)

Cover painting: Sunset at Cisco Beach by Loretta Yoder

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Cooman: Sacred Choral Music (2008 rel; CD recording)

Contains Adam Lay Ybounden (2004) for choir and organ, In the Beginning Was the Word (1999, rev. 2003) for choir and organ, A Cosmic Prayer (2002) for choir, New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych (2003) for choir and organ, Builders for Christ (2003) for choir and organ, O Perfect Life of Love (2002) for choir and organ, Premat Mundus (2004) for choir and tenor, The Way, the Truth, the Life (2002) for choir and organ, God, You Move Among Us (2005) for choir and organ, Easter Triumph! Easter Joy! (2004) for choir and organ, Missa Brevis ("Trottier") (2004) for choir and organ, I Will Pour Out My Spirit (2006) for choir and organ, Be Present, Holy Trinity (2004) for choir and organ, O Bone Jesu (2003) for choir and organ, Psalm 66 (Be Joyful in God) (2005) for choir and organ, The Lamp of Charity (2003) for choir, Prayer of Julian of Norwich (2003) for choir and organ, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ("St. Peter's, Cambridge") (2003) for choir and organ

The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Rupert Gough, director
Samuel Rathbone, organ
Richard Rowntree, tenor

Naxos Records (Catalogue #8.559361)

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Cooman: Piano Music (2007 rel; CD recording)

Contains Seascape Passion: Midday Brightness (Third Piano Sonata) (2002), Kayser Variations (1997), Dream-Tombeau: Crucifixus (2003), For Gwyneth (1999), Dream Etudes, Book II (2001), Postcard Partita (2002), Fourth Piano Sonata (2005)

Donna Amato, piano

Naxos Records (Catalogue #8.559350)

Cover painting: Path to Miacomet by Loretta Yoder

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Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, etc. (2007 rel; CD recording)

Contains Symphony No. 2, "Litanies of Love and Rain" (2004) for orchestra, Partita (2003) for solo baroque flute, Piano Concerto (2005) for solo piano and strings, Vision (2005) for violin and organ, Symphony No. 3, "Ave Maris Stella" (2005) for chamber orchestra, Songlines, Sun Dreaming (2001) for orchestra, and Sonata for Violin and Organ (2004)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Kirk Trevor, conductor
Nora Skuta, piano; Stephen Schultz, baroque flute
Rachel Gough, violin; Rupert Gough, organ

Naxos Records (Catalogue #8.559329)

Cover painting: The Orange Sail by Hannah M. G. Shapero

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Small Bear, Large Telescope: Music of Carson Cooman (2006 rel; CD recording)

Contains Pittsburgh Concerto (2005) for orchestra, Horn Trio (2004) for violin, horn, and piano, Concerto for Bass Trombone and Six Players (2006), and Shining Space: Quintet for Horn and Strings (2006)

Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Efraín Amaya, conductor
Petro Hrushovenko and Konstantin Sokol, horn; Ostap Shutko, violin; Natalia Tolmacheva, piano; Ukrainian Quartet
James Siders, bass trombone; Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble, Walter Morales, conductor

Zimbel Records (Catalogue #ZR108)

Cover painting: Small Bear, Large Telescope by Hannah M. G. Shapero

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Threads: Music of Carson P. Cooman (2004 rel; CD recording)

Contains Threads: Concerto for Orchestra (2003), Plainsong Variations (1999) for cello, Zest: Fanfare for Orchestra (2001), Sonata for Brass Choir (1999), Beyond All Knowing (2003) for chamber orchestra, Night Songs (2001) for chamber orchestra, and Symphony of Light (2003) for string orchestra

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Kirk Trevor, conductor)
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (Vit Micka, conductor)
Chicago Brass Choir (Michael Stewart, conductor)
Craig Hultgren, cello

Zimbel Records (Catalogue #ZR102)

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Flute Concerti (2012 rel; CD recording)

Contains Flute Concerto (2006) for flute and orchestra

Judith von Hopf, flute
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Guido Lamell, conductor

Cambria Music (Catalogue #CAMCD-1203)

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I Wonder as I Wander: Christmas with the Copley Singers (2012 rel; CD recording)

Contains Love Came Down at Christmas (2009) for SATB chorus

The Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor

Gothic Records (Catalogue #G-49283)

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Terra Nova (2012 rel; CD Recording)

Contains In Beauty Walking (2012) for mezzo-soprano and string quintet

Ashley Hill, mezzo-soprano
Gibbs & Main

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Glorious the Song (2012 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Truly the Light Is Sweet (2010) for choir and organ

The Harvard University Choir
Edward Elwyn Jones, director

Memorial Church Recordings (Catalogue #TMC12)

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Love Raise Your Voice (2011 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Irreversible Heart (2010) for soprano, violin, and piano

Christine Howlett, Soprano
The Chatham-Wood Duo

MSR Classics (Catalogue #MS 1384)

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Vision at Covenant (2011 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Rondino on "I Love to Tell the Story" (2011) for organ

Murray Forbes Somerville, organ

Raven Records (Catalogue #OAR-931)

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New Lullaby (2010 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Unfolding the Gates of Dawn (2008) for guitar

Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar

Six String Sound (Catalogue #888-01)

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Ghosts (2009 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Ancient Airs (2005) for soprano saxophone and Estampie (2008) for two violins

Paul Wehage, saxophone
Phillip Digby and Maurice Smith, violins

Beauport Classical (Catalogue #BC2907)

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Sing the Glory! (2007 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Psalm 66 (Be Joyful in God) (2005) for choir and organ

The Harvard University Choir
Edward Elwyn Jones, director

Memorial Church Recordings (Catalogue #TMC07)

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Music for Organ and Brass (2007 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Celestial Meditations (2000, rev. 2005) for organ, brass choir, and timpani

Robert Lehman, organ
River City Brass Band, Denis Colwell, conductor

RCBB Recordings (Catalogue #RCBB01)

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MMC New Century, Volume 20 (2006 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Joy of Humankind: Brief Transport for Orchestra (1998) for orchestra

Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra (Vladimír Válek, conductor)

MMC Recordings (Catalogue #MMC2151)

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Soliloquy (2006 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Night Songs (2001) for chamber orchestra

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Sean O'Boyle, conductor)

ABC Classics (Catalogue #476 7929)

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With Hearts and Hands and Voices (2005 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Two for Redemption (1999) for organ

Judy Congdon, organ
Wesley Chapel, Houghton College, Houghton, New York

APAD Digital Recordings

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Prelude to Paradise (2005 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Spectrum: Concerto-Cantata for Oboe, Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra (2003-04) as well as Carson Cooman performing An Oasis in Moonlight (2004) by Robert Allworth

JK Paine Players and Harvard Choral Fellows, Toni Marie Marchioni, oboe, Andrea Coleman, mezzo-soprano, Marisa Green, conductor -- live performance

JADE Records (Catalogue #1105)

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Masterworks of the New Era, Vol. 5 (2005 rel; CD Recording)

Contains The Sky About to Open (2005) for orchestra

Kiev Philharmonic (Robert Ian Winstin, conductor)

ERMMedia (Catalogue #ERM-6707)

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Selections from Christ Our Hope (2004 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Images Four (2001) hymn tune, sung with the text "Christ Is the Shepherd Strong" by Brian Wren
Choir of Armour Heights Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Canada

Praise Partners/Hope Publishing (Catalogue #8222C)

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Processional (2004 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Gallery Music (2000), Twilight Undulations (2001), and Sunburst (2001) for organ as well as Carson Cooman performing Visions of Mary Immaculate (1989) by Robert Allworth

Carson P. Cooman, organ
Organ of Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JADE Records (Catalogue #1101)

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Morning By An Ocean (2003 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Elegy (2001) for organ and First-Light Prayer (2003) for organ as well as Carson Cooman performing Suite in Honor of the 70th Birthday of the Polish Composer Henryk Gorecki (2003) for organ by Robert Allworth

Carson P. Cooman, organ
Organ of Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JADE Records (Catalogue #1100)

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Music for a Sunday Afternoon (2003 rel; CD recording)

Contains Invocation (2000) for flute and string orchestra, performed Laurel Ann Maurer, flute and the Serenade Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, Jeff Manookian, conductor
(The disc also includes American flute works by Manookian, Cortes, Kraft, Wilder, Ran, and Muczynski.)

4Tay Records (Catalogue #CD4027)

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Members' Works in Live Performance (2004 rel; CD recording)

Contains Dream Etudes, Book II (2001) for piano, performed by Cory Hall, piano

Tampa Bay Composers' Forum (Catalogue #TBCF1)
dist. by Zimbel Records

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So Low (2003 rel; CD recording)

Contains Polpis Dreaming (2002) for contrabass saxophone and piano, performed Jay C. Easton, contrabass saxophone and Loie Flood, piano

(The disc also includes numerous other works for many different members of the saxophone family by a variety of composers.)

De Profundis (Catalogue #CD001)

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Angelic Exaltations: Organ Music of Sandra Gay and Carson Cooman (2003 rel; CD recording)

Contains From Past to Future (2001) for organ, Jesus is the Sunlight (2001) for organ, When the Morning Stars Began to Sing (2000) for organ, and With Quiet Joy and Inner Peace (2000) for organ duet

(The disc also includes organ works of Sandra Gay.)

Carson Cooman and Sandra Gay, organ
Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, New York

Zimbel Records (Catalogue #ZR101)

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Semantemes (2003 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Songlines, Sun Dreaming (2001) for orchestra, performed by the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor
and Tropes and Collects (2001) for contrabass performed by Stephen Gilewski

(The disc also includes American works by Beck, Hindman, Robertson, and Stem.)

Living Artist Recordings (Catalogue #LAR10)

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An Australian Festival (2002 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Dawning (2002) for organ and Tenebrae Canticle (2001) for organ as well as Carson Cooman performing Meditations of Early English Saints (1990) for organ and Prelude for the Most Holy Name of Jesus (1990) by Robert Allworth

Carson P. Cooman, organ
Organ of Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JADE Records (Catalogue #1095)

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Auburn Splendour: Music of Australian and American Composers (2001 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Jesus Is the Sunlight (2001) for organ as well as Carson Cooman performing Organ Preludes for Saints and Martyrs (2001) by Robert Allworth

Carson P. Cooman, organ
Organ of Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JADE Records (Catalogue #1092)

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Lines of Light: Music of Australian and American Composers (2001 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Gallery Music (2000), Twilight Undulations (2001), and Sunburst (2001) for organ as well as Carson Cooman performing Suite for Organ: St. Michael the Archangel (2001) by Robert Allworth

Carson P. Cooman, organ
Organ of Rochester Christian Reformed Church, Penfield, New York

JADE Records (Catalogue #1091)

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American Dream: Music of Australian and American Composers (2001 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Romanza (2000) for organ as well as Carson Cooman performing A Dream of Decadence (2000) by Robert Allworth

Carson P. Cooman, organ
Organ of Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JADE Records (Catalogue #1090)

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Trinity Matins: Organ Works (2000 rel; CD Recording)

Contains Trinity Matins (1999), The Life Everlasting (1997), Two for Lent (1997, rev. 1999), Prelude and Rondino on "Herzliebster Jesu" (1999), Haec Aeterna (1999), "Grace" Toccata (1998), Voluntary (1999), and Seven Hymn Improvisations (2000).

Carson P. Cooman and Bruce Klanderman, organ
Organ of Rochester Christian Reformed Church, Penfield, New York
MP3 Music (Catalogue #34761)
out-of-print as of December 2003