CD, Cooman (composer)

All the performances on this disc are razor sharp and deeply committed to the music. The recorded sound is very well balanced, neither too closely miked nor too reverberant. — Fanfare, March/April 2022 More…

This witty, poignant and candid recital of songs centring on female experiences has to be one of the most arresting recording-debuts I've heard all year: Crawford's big, bright voice packs a... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, October 2023 More…

Both the two larger pieces- Three St Francis Legends and San Andreas Suite- move seamlessly between the sublime and the ecstatic, with Simmons making much of low registers and revelling in the... — Choir & Organ, January/February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Erik Simmons plays as well as ever, with finesse and imaginative registration, and must be considered the leading exponent of Cooman’s music, organ or otherwise, given his dozen or more recordings... — Fanfare, Jul/Aug 2020 More…

Donna Amato has an impressive pedigree both in the United States and here in Europe — Gramophone Magazine More…