St Salvator’s Chapel Choir – Resonances of Waterloo (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

St Salvator’s Chapel Choir – Resonances of Waterloo (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:11 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SANCTIANDREE

The latest release on the Sanctiandree label celebrates Austrian composer Sigismund von Neukomm’s position in the evolution of choral music between Mozart, Haydn and Brahms in performances by St. Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Neukomm’s huge output of some 2000 works has been described as ‘transitional’ between the Classical and Romantic periods; composers who do not fit neatly into pre-ordained categories invariably offer listeners fresh perspectives and insights.

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St. Salvator’s Chapel Choir, Tom Wilkinson – Annunciations (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

St. Salvator’s Chapel Choir, Tom Wilkinson – Annunciations (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:20 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SANCTIANDREE

‘Annunciations’ celebrates Sir James MacMillan’s ongoing contributions to sacred music, performed by St Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Alongside five of his own pieces, the album includes works by two decisive influences on MacMillan, Benjamin Britten and Kenneth Leighton; two significant contemporaries, John Tavener and Judith Bingham; and six next generation composers mentored by Sir James on the TheoArtistry Composers’ Scheme, a collaboration between ITIA (the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts), the Music Centre, and St Salvator’s Chapel Choir, in the University of St Andrews.

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