Exaltations

CCS Releases Reena Esmail: Exaltations

Cathedral Choral Society is delighted to announce our newest recording featuring the work of extraordinary composer, Reena Esmail. Exaltations highlights the splendor of the human breath and the brilliance of brass in a rich 3-piece recording led under the baton of GRAMMY-nominated Steven Fox.

FEATURED SOLOISTS
Katelyn Grace Jackson, soprano
Matthew Newhouse, tenor
Aryssa Leigh Burrs, mezzo-soprano

Thank you to the talented teams at SoundMirror and Acis Productions for bringing this recording to life.

These EXALTATIONS are meant to be joyous and contemplative in praise of God, but they also offer a window into the meeting place of two spiritual lineages.

Steven Fox

What Others Are Saying

Surging flurries of brass and ecstatic vocal declamations…the sound world resulting from the fusion is different from anything else in the choral genre… Giv[ing] one’s undivided attention to Exaltations…reaps fulsome rewards.

Ron Schepper, textura

With lyrics from the Christian tradition and melodic material derived from ragas, the result is an uplifting and complex experience, here recorded to perfection by the Cathedral Choral Society… Esmail has set a new standard for the combination of voices and brass.

Jeremy Shatan, AnEarful