Erik Simmons - The Cloak with the Stars: Music for Organ, Vol. 6 (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. 3 St. Francis Legends, Op. 1208: No. 1, Chorale. St. Francis Divests Himself of All Worldly Wealth
02. 3 St. Francis Legends, Op. 1208: No. 2, Passacaglia. St. Francis and the Sermon to the Birds
03. 3 St. Francis Legends, Op. 1208: No. 3, Rondino. St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio
04. Piccola fantasia francescana, Op. 1206
05. The Cloak with the Stars, Op. 1211
06. Entrata festiva, Op. 1189
07. Diptych for New Life, Op. 1197: I. Aubade (...Frate sole, lo qual è iorno...)
08. Diptych for New Life, Op. 1197: II. Toccata (Ellu è bellu e radiante cum grande splendore!)
09. Gebet, Op. 1205
10. Sketch No. 3, Op. 1207
11. Ciaccona angelica, Op. 1194
12. Variations on a Theme of Andreas Willscher, Op. 1210
13. San Andreas Suite, Op. 1204: I. Carillon (In festo S. Andreae Apostoli)
14. San Andreas Suite, Op. 1204: II. Versets on a Melody from Périgord
15. San Andreas Suite, Op. 1204: III. Pastorale mit einem Orgelpunkt
16. San Andreas Suite, Op. 1204: IV. Toccata périgourdine


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 liturgical models, to more gritty and substantial pieces such as his organ symphonies and preludes and fugues. Much of the music here, tonal and accessible though never lacking in complex chromaticism, was written for and dedicated to the German composer Andreas Willscher whose works Cooman is also recording for Divine Art. Erik Simmons is a fine organist, making his sixth Cooman organ album for Divine Art. He is playing the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Abbey of Saint-Etienne, Caen, France in a live performance recorded through the Hauptwerk system.

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