Composer(s): Cooman, Carson
Artist(s): Amato, Donna
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.559350
Barcode: 0636943935026
Release Date: 08/2007

COOMAN: Piano Music

This disc presents a survey of the piano music of American composer Carson Cooman, performed by pianist Donna Amato, for whom the virtuosic Fourth Piano Sonata was composed. The works range in character – from the passionate, landscape-inspired drama of Seascape Passion: Midday Brightness (Third Piano Sonata), to the mystical contemplation of Dream-Tombeau: Crucifixus, to a light-hearted and celebratory treatment of “God Save the King / My Country ’Tis of Thee” in Kayser Variations. Dream Etudes, Book II explores the piano’s ringing sonic possibilities, while Postcard Partita consists of short movements originally written as brief musical gifts for the composer’s friends and colleagues.

Tracklist

Cooman, Carson
Amato, Donna (piano)
1Seascape Passion - Midday Brightness, Op. 466, "Piano Sonata No. 3"12:23
Amato, Donna (piano)
Amato, Donna (piano)
2Kayser Variations, Op. 6305:59
Amato, Donna (piano)
Amato, Donna (piano)
3Dream-Tombeau: Crucifixus, Op. 51621:30
Amato, Donna (piano)
Amato, Donna (piano)
4For Gwyneth, Op. 16802:49
Amato, Donna (piano)
Amato, Donna (piano)
5No. 1. Reflecting04:08
Amato, Donna (piano)
6No. 2. Singing02:59
Amato, Donna (piano)
7No. 3. Ringing02:59
Amato, Donna (piano)
Amato, Donna (piano)
8I. Postcard to Montreal01:34
Amato, Donna (piano)
9II. Postcard of Venice01:10
Amato, Donna (piano)
10III. Postcard to the North Country00:58
Amato, Donna (piano)
11IV. Postcard to Galesburg02:03
Amato, Donna (piano)
12V. A Summer Sunrise03:10
Amato, Donna (piano)
Amato, Donna (piano)
13I. Mourning at Sunset07:39
Amato, Donna (piano)
14II. Beyond Distant Echoes05:41
Amato, Donna (piano)
15III. Whispers of Mortality01:40
Amato, Donna (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:16:42