England's hottest new vocal ensemble must be Tenebrae, a professional choir with the motto "Passion and Precision." The laser-like focus of the sopranos is balanced by powerful, deep basses—not your typical English sound. This is their second disc, featuring contemporary choral works.  At the heart of the program is Sir John Tavener's "Mother and Child", a 12-minute work commissioned by the choir. Most of the other works are world premier recordings.  Highly recommended!

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"This is a CD of exceptional stature. It seems to me that everything about it – performances, documentation, sound quality and, above all, the music itself – is of the highest quality"

"... a highly dramatic work ... making the fullest use of the choral resources available and with a very challenging organ part superbly played by Jeremy Filsell"

"Pott’s impassioned My Song is Love Unknown stands out as a small masterpiece of choral writing"

"terrific choral music ... exciting, engaging, imaginative, inspired, even revelatory performances of English choral works written within the last 10 or 15 years ... engineering is ideal, capturing the fullness of the space without sacrificing detail or balance ... This is a wonderful disc, a program that all choral lovers should hear, not least because it gives proof that very fine sacred choral music is still being written--and given the first-rate attention it deserves by world-class performers"