...the boy sopranos soar effortlessly above the tenor and bass lines, and this made the experience rather special.Of the choral pieces, I found Gray’s What are these that glow bright and full of energy and Parry’s Chorale Prelude a nice diversion. Anyone who hasn’t heard the Benedictus yet from The Armed Man will undoubtedly be moved by it.

As expected, the choir performs admirably and confidently in this bread-and-butter repertoire, and fans of English cathedral music will certainly enjoy the program despite its lack of unusual or rarely heard works...this is a sincerely conceived, solidly performed, and very generously programmed (nearly 79 minutes) effort.