Various: American Polyphony

The peerless choir offer meticulously blended and shaped performances of 20th-century a cappella American choral works. The recital is topped and tailed by Randall Thompson - the contemplative wartime Alleluia and the poignant De La Mare setting Fare Well. In between, we get Barber part songs, Bernstein's Missa Brevis and some decidedly Gallic student Copland.