This was at the time and still remains a fascinating CD of an Anglican choir tackling Italian Renaissance vocal music completely outside its normal tradition. It is available for the first time at mid-price. Sung texts and translations are included.
"Simon Preston has drilled the Abbey Choir into arguably the most finely-tuned, subtly balanced and rich-toned of polyphonic ensembles, and the spacious acoustic of All Saints’ Tooting gives the singing a near-ideal measure of reverberation” – Hugh Canning, HiFi News, August 1986