Women of History

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Label
Divine Art
Release Date
July 20, 2018
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      FERRARI, CARLOTTA
    • PERFORMER
      Carson Cooman
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 20, 2018
    • UPC
      809730517822
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DDA25178
    • LABEL
      Divine Art
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Mary e la Creatura

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    2. II. Imparare la vita

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    3. III. L'amore

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    4. IV. La morte nel ghiaccio, nl fuoco, nel mare

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    5. Maria Restituta

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    6. I. Guglielma e lo Spirito (Guglielma and the Spirit)

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    7. II. Il volto rosso di Chiaravalle (The Red Face in Chiaravalle)

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    8. III. I guglielmiti di fronte all’inquisitore (The Disciples in Front of the Inquisitor)

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    9. IV. Guglielma e Andrea (Guglielma and Andrea)

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    10. V. La santa cena di Maifreda (Maifreda’s Holy Supper)

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    11. Viva la vida

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman

    12. Ecstasy (La transverberazione di Teresa d'Avila)

      Composer: Carlotta Ferrari

      Performer: Carson Cooman


The five compositions on this album are inspired by the lives and works of five women from history. Carlotta Ferrari (b.1975) has composed numerous pieces inspired by historical figures as well as pieces inspired by literature and works of art. Several of these directions are brought together in the five compositions on this album, which celebrate three religious figures, an artist, and a writer. In Ferrari's distinctive modal style, she creates expressive musical portraits of these women. The first four works on this album all employ the "Restarting Pitch Space" (RPS) system of modal harmony. First developed by Carson Cooman in 2005, Carlotta Ferrari has worked extensively with this system in many compositions written since 2016. Carson Cooman (b.1982) is an American composer with a catalog of hundreds of works in many forms-ranging from solo instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. His music has been performed on all six inhabited continents. As an active concert organist, Cooman specializes in the performance of contemporary music. Over 300 new works have been composed for him by composers from around the world, and his organ performances can be heard on a number of recordings of which this is his fourth for Divine Art. This recording of the wonderful main organ of Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Marcussen & Son) was made using the Hauptwerk remote digital access system.