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Almanack Pianistico

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Composer
Carson Cooman
Artist
Carson Cooman
Format
CD
Label
Convivium Records
Released
Apr 10, 2026
Catalog #
CVI123
UPC
726436300223

About

Almanack (2017) is a collection of 76 varied pieces suitable for performance on keyboard instruments. Although piano is perhaps the most obvious (and ubiquitous) choice, many are also suitable for organ, harpsichord, clavichord, or other possibilities, even including harp or keyboard percussion. This album is a selection of 37 pieces drawn from the book, performed on the piano. The inspirations and connections behind this volume of keyboard pieces are diverse, ranging from the hymnody of the American Shakers to the experimental mostly European Wandelweiser collective. Other conceptual influences include the largely non-rhetorical, post-Cardew pieces of 1970s English experimental keyboard music, especially the remarkable work of Howard Skempton. Other pieces draw on elements of early keyboard music from the pre-baroque era. All of the pieces in this collection offer a variety of possible interpretations, and many involve flexible performance options. These recorded performances should not be seen in any way as prescriptive or binding for those who have the score and are playing the pieces for themselves.

Tracklist 37 tracks

  1. 1 No. 2. Mesclun (for Philip Thomas) 03:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 2. Mesclun (for Philip Thomas)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  2. 2 No. 16. Turba (for Kyle Gann) 02:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 16. Turba (for Kyle Gann)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  3. 3 No. 7. Pine (for Peter Garland) 03:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 7. Pine (for Peter Garland)
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  4. 4 No. 9. Fourths (for Philip Corner) 00:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 9. Fourths (for Philip Corner)
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  5. 5 No. 66. Hill Song (for Oliver Caplan) 01:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 66. Hill Song (for Oliver Caplan)
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  6. 6 No. 21. Popping Third (for Alvin Curran) 00:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 21. Popping Third (for Alvin Curran)
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  7. 7 No. 61. Visible (for Simon Reynell) 01:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 61. Visible (for Simon Reynell)
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  8. 8 No. 18. Arietta (Two Rooms) (for Eric Craven) 02:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 18. Arietta (Two Rooms) (for Eric Craven)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  9. 9 No. 47. Horizon Chorale (for Michael Finnissy) 03:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 47. Horizon Chorale (for Michael Finnissy)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  10. 10 No. 63. Flock (for Alan Theisen) 01:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 63. Flock (for Alan Theisen)
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  11. 11 No. 50. Slow Scythe (for Michael Parsons) 02:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 50. Slow Scythe (for Michael Parsons)
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  12. 12 No. 53. Waypoint (for Dan Williams) 01:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 53. Waypoint (for Dan Williams)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  13. 13 No. 76. Close (for Laurence Crane) 01:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 76. Close (for Laurence Crane)
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  14. 14 No. 51. Return (for Julia Scott Carey) 00:53
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 51. Return (for Julia Scott Carey)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  15. 15 No. 46. Diminishing Returns (for Dominik Sustek) 01:38
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 46. Diminishing Returns (for Dominik Sustek)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  16. 16 No. 12. Strand (for Tom Nixon) 00:57
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 12. Strand (for Tom Nixon)
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  17. 17 No. 36. Parable (for Eva-Maria Houben) 04:57
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 36. Parable (for Eva-Maria Houben)
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  18. 18 No. 33. Prince of Whales (for Andreja Andric) 02:20
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 33. Prince of Whales (for Andreja Andric)
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  19. 19 No. 14. Decisions (for Rodney Lister) 03:12
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 14. Decisions (for Rodney Lister)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  20. 20 No. 17. A Poynte (for Judith Weir) 01:50
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 17. A Poynte (for Judith Weir)
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  21. 21 No. 67. Jhala (for Glenn Freeman) 01:10
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 67. Jhala (for Glenn Freeman)
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  22. 22 No. 74. Grain (for Michael Calabris) 01:37
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 74. Grain (for Michael Calabris)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  23. 23 No. 38. Duotone (for Jürg Frey) 01:15
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 38. Duotone (for Jürg Frey)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  24. 24 No. 54. Bass Rocks Surf (for Rishin Singh) 01:01
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 54. Bass Rocks Surf (for Rishin Singh)
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  25. 25 No. 48. Changes (for Christopher Fox) 01:03
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 48. Changes (for Christopher Fox)
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  26. 26 No. 62. Triadic Chorale (for Mary Jane Leach) 01:28
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 62. Triadic Chorale (for Mary Jane Leach)
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  27. 27 No. 52. Slides (for Larry Shackley) 00:56
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 52. Slides (for Larry Shackley)
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  28. 28 No. 3. Low Thirds (for Tim Parkinson) 01:35
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 3. Low Thirds (for Tim Parkinson)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  29. 29 No. 22. Snow Day (for Antoine Beuger) 02:52
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 22. Snow Day (for Antoine Beuger)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  30. 30 No. 45. Lightship (for Ian Pace) 01:57
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 45. Lightship (for Ian Pace)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  31. 31 No. 73. Quasi-Tango (for Mariana Lincoln Quinn) 02:02
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 73. Quasi-Tango (for Mariana Lincoln Quinn)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  32. 32 No. 19. Chorale (with Holes) (for Matthew Lee Knowles) 01:57
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 19. Chorale (with Holes) (for Matthew Lee Knowles)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  33. 33 No. 39. The Beginning (for Michael Torke) 01:21
    Track
    33
    Title
    No. 39. The Beginning (for Michael Torke)
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  34. 34 No. 49. Accompagnato (for Linda Catlin Smith) 01:45
    Track
    34
    Title
    No. 49. Accompagnato (for Linda Catlin Smith)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  35. 35 No. 4. Mystery Box (for James Weeks) 02:06
    Track
    35
    Title
    No. 4. Mystery Box (for James Weeks)
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  36. 36 No. 24. Valentine (for Burkhard and Petra Mohr) 02:26
    Track
    36
    Title
    No. 24. Valentine (for Burkhard and Petra Mohr)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman
  37. 37 No. 5. Portentum (for Hugh Shrapnel) 05:42
    Track
    37
    Title
    No. 5. Portentum (for Hugh Shrapnel)
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Carson Cooman
    Performer
    Carson Cooman