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The Sacred Flame - Cambridge Singers   

I'll be honest, my mental image of the Cambridge Singers is of rather heavy handed singing, suitable for John Rutter's jolly carols, but not exactly competition for the Sixteen. However in this collection of Renaissance and Baroque they have proved they can do subtlety too. The Monteverdi pieces bounce along with just enough lightness. There's a wonderful range of the best music here. Gesualdo's O vos omnes, for example, is full of 'he can't do that!' moments - it's electrifying. Buxtehude's chunky and jubilant Magnificat adds a little light relief among the exquisite likes of Victoria and Josquin Desprez... and it runs through neatly through Schütz to the (relatively) trendy 'new' music of Mr Bach.

All in all a great collection.

CDs by Temple Church Choir

These are rather different CDs from our usual listing as we haven’t heard them, but they sound interesting enough to report on anyway. These are old recordings, dating from the 1920s, so the sound quality won’t be up to a modern digital recording, but they are of great historical interest.

The content of the 2 CDs is eclectic with a mix of anthems (obviously nothing much from the 20th century) and Christmas carols.

If you are interested in the developed of the English church choir these are obviously something of a find.

You can discover more, here some tracks and purchase the CDs from the Glory of the Temple Church Choir web page.