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Resonances Of Waterloo

St. Salvator's Chapel Choir

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Format: CD

Cat No: SAND0007

Release Date:  06 July 2018

Label:  Sanctiandree

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0850869006244

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

  • Description

    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.

    Neukomm's Requiem in C minor was composed during the auspicious political circumstances of the Congress of Vienna, which signalled closure on more than two decades of warfare: the Napoleonic Wars following the French Revolution of 1789. The solemn occasion of the Requiem's first performance was attended by many of the heads of state of Europe and their representatives.

    For this symbolic occasion, Neukomm came up with the idea of supporting the double choir with organ and a brass octet of keyed trumpet, four hand-horns and three trombones, an innovation without precedent. He uses this ensemble sparingly, only unleashing it at moments of high drama, and, on a few occasions, using the softer range of dynamics to induce depth and inspire awe, presaging the use of brass in operatic music by later Romantic composers. This is highly effective, especially during pivotal moments at the beginning, middle and end, acting as pillars to the overall form of the work. In these interludes the brass ensemble is heard alone, firstly as a short prelude; then after the Sanctus where the brass interlude accompanies the communion ceremony; and finally concluding the Requiem with a Funeral March, seemingly transporting the soul of the Requiem's subject heavenwards to its final resting place.

    Neukomm's Requiem is heard alongside brass works of the same era: a brass Quintette by Jean-François-Victor Bellon, a brass ensemble arrangement of fellow French composer Alexandre Guilmant's Morceau Symphonique, and German composer Ernst Sachse's Trombone Concertino. Amongst the unusual instruments featured are the serpent and the ophicleide. These are heard alongside the singers of St Salvator's Chapel Choir of the University of St Andrews directed by Tom Wilkinson, and The Wallace Collection, comprising a group of period brass specialists brought together to showcase these remarkable instruments and directed by Anthony George.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Ernst Sachse - Concertino In B-flat Major For Trombone And Brass Ensemble
      • 2. Alexandre Guilmant - Morceau Symphonique For Trombone And Brass Ensemble
      • 3. Jean Bellon - From Quintette No. 12: III. Adagio Ma Sostenuto
      • 4. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Vor Dem Requiem
      • 5. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Requiem Aeternam
      • 6. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Te Decet Hymnus
      • 7. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Requiem Aeternam
      • 8. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Kyrie Eleison
      • 9. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Dies Irae
      • 10. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Tuba Mirum
      • 11. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Mors Stupebit
      • 12. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Liber Scriptus
      • 13. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Iudex Ergo
      • 14. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Quid Sum Miser
      • 15. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Rex Tremendae
      • 16. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Quarens Me
      • 17. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Ingemisco
      • 18. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Confutatis Maledictis
      • 19. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Oro Supplex
      • 20. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Offertorium
      • 21. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Canon Circularis Per Tonos
      • 22. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Hostias
      • 23. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Quam Olim Abrahae
      • 24. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Sanctus
      • 25. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Pleni Sunt Coeli
      • 26. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Nach Dem Sanctus, Während Der Wandlung
      • 27. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Benedictus
      • 28. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Agnus Dei
      • 29. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Lux Aeterna
      • 30. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Requiem Aeternam
      • 31. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Libera Me
      • 32. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Tremens Factus
      • 33. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Dies Illa
      • 34. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Requiem Aeternam
      • 35. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Libera Me II
      • 36. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Offertorium
      • 37. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Sed Signifer
      • 38. Sigismund Von Neukomm - Requiem à La Mémoire De Louis XVI: Zum Schlüsse