Tiento de falsas, a piece on this album, takes its title from Iberian music of the late Renaissance/early Baroque, where 'falsas' referred to dissonances used for dramatic effect.
Recording & Production
This recording was produced using the Hauptwerk system, which creates a virtual model of a real organ.
Instruments
The current organ in Görlitz, built by Mathis Orgelbau, was inspired by the original 17th-century baroque concept but enlarged with a swell manual to perform later organ music.
Performer Biography
Erik Simmons, the organist on this recording, started playing the organ at age 10 as a chorister at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glendale, California.
Instruments
The Sonnenorgel (Sun-organ) of Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul in Görlitz, Germany, gets its name from 17 golden suns on its facade that also sounded as a pedal cornet-mixture.
Composer Biography
Carson Cooman, the American composer, has a catalog of hundreds of works ranging from solo instrumental pieces to operas and orchestral works.
Composer Biography
Carson Cooman's music has been performed on all six inhabited continents, in venues from Carnegie Hall to a hot air balloon.
