This is not normally the repertoire one associates with The Sixteen, but as Harry Christophers suggests, this recording has something to do with tradition: ‘It’s music that all of us in The Sixteen grew up with’.

So what we have here are excellent performances of some of the great works of English church music. You will recognise all the pieces, from Parry’s I Was Glad and Charles Wood’s O Thou, the Central Orb and Hail, Gladdening Light to Stainer’s I Saw the Lord and Howells’ Like as the Hart.

Nearly all of these works feature significant organ accompaniment by Robert Quinney. Works of this nature demand a large cathedral sound – and with The Sixteen, that’s what you get. So if you are in the mood for some exuberant, uplifting choral music, then look no further. PR