Of the two unorthodox Mass settings, the Freedom Mass (1996) is one almost in name only, the bulk of the text deriving from poems by Tomas Tranströmer… Yet there is a deeply spiritual atmosphere to this often gentle music that may surprise those familiar only with Sandström's more abrasive works. The Mass scorings are unconventional: chorus, brass quintet and organ feature in both, with soprano and clarinet in the Freedom and reciter, congregation and second organ in the exuberant Ordinary Mass with Psalm (1992). The singing and playing... are excellent throughout, as is the Caprice sound.