Almanack Pianistico

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Label
Convivium Records
Release Date
April 10, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Carson Cooman
    • PERFORMER
      Carson Cooman
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 10, 2026
    • UPC
      726436300223
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CVI123
    • LABEL
      Convivium Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 2. Mesclun (for Philip Thomas)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    2. No. 16. Turba (for Kyle Gann)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    3. No. 7. Pine (for Peter Garland)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    4. No. 9. Fourths (for Philip Corner)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    5. No. 66. Hill Song (for Oliver Caplan)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    6. No. 21. Popping Third (for Alvin Curran)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    7. No. 61. Visible (for Simon Reynell)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    8. No. 18. Arietta (Two Rooms) (for Eric Craven)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    9. No. 47. Horizon Chorale (for Michael Finnissy)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    10. No. 63. Flock (for Alan Theisen)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    11. No. 50. Slow Scythe (for Michael Parsons)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    12. No. 53. Waypoint (for Dan Williams)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    13. No. 76. Close (for Laurence Crane)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    14. No. 51. Return (for Julia Scott Carey)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    15. No. 46. Diminishing Returns (for Dominik Sustek)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    16. No. 12. Strand (for Tom Nixon)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    17. No. 36. Parable (for Eva-Maria Houben)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    18. No. 33. Prince of Whales (for Andreja Andric)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    19. No. 14. Decisions (for Rodney Lister)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    20. No. 17. A Poynte (for Judith Weir)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    21. No. 67. Jhala (for Glenn Freeman)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    22. No. 74. Grain (for Michael Calabris)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    23. No. 38. Duotone (for Jürg Frey)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    24. No. 54. Bass Rocks Surf (for Rishin Singh)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    25. No. 48. Changes (for Christopher Fox)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    26. No. 62. Triadic Chorale (for Mary Jane Leach)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    27. No. 52. Slides (for Larry Shackley)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    28. No. 3. Low Thirds (for Tim Parkinson)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    29. No. 22. Snow Day (for Antoine Beuger)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    30. No. 45. Lightship (for Ian Pace)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    31. No. 73. Quasi-Tango (for Mariana Lincoln Quinn)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    32. No. 19. Chorale (with Holes) (for Matthew Lee Knowles)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    33. No. 39. The Beginning (for Michael Torke)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    34. No. 49. Accompagnato (for Linda Catlin Smith)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    35. No. 4. Mystery Box (for James Weeks)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    36. No. 24. Valentine (for Burkhard and Petra Mohr)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    37. No. 5. Portentum (for Hugh Shrapnel)

      Composer: Carson Cooman

      Performer: Carson Cooman


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.