Widor / Weelkes / Leighton / Stanford / Victoria / Rorem: A Year In Saint Louis – The Choir Of Saint Peter’s Church, Saint Louis /

   in Choir & Organ (Jan, 2015)
This may be the choir’s first commercial recording, but it’s been well worth the wait. Noted for its performance of Anglican repertoire, this extremely well-trained group presents an unusual and interesting repertoire featuring 20th-century American composers Ned Rorem, Leo Sowerby, Moses Hogan, Louie L. White and Joseph Goodman; there are also commissions from Sasha Johnson Manning and director of music William Aitken. Combined with Stanford, Leighton, Weelkes, Baynon, Victoria and Widor, it is enough to whet any appetite.

The lesser-known items include Sasha Johnson Manning’s A wonder of angels set descriptively to her own text, Louie White’s effective a cappella Saint Teresa’s bookmark, and Joseph Goodman’s haunting When rooks fly homeward. …