Reviewed by Simon Carpenter

It might be just me, but I don't think spirituals sound their best or most effective when sung by an English chamber choir. Yes, I have heard of Tippett's Child Of Our Time but used there they are in a different context. Having said that, the Vasari Singers are outstanding, and here, directed by Jeremy Backhouse and accompanied by Christopher Norton on the piano, they give tasteful arrangements of some well known and less well known spirituals including "Swing Low Sweet chariot", "Were You There?" and "Go Down Moses."

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