If a disc of sacred Victoriana conjures images of kid gloves and more-tea-vicar, then this is the recording to banish them once and for all. Tea cups are shattered along with prim liturgical proprieties in a recording that reclaims this repertoire as the full-blooded Christian battle cry that it is. Recordings of Stanford’s great choral anthems are not short on the ground, but if any choir has justification to return to them it’s Trinity Cambridge. Many of Stanford’s works were written for the chapel where he was organist, and to hear pieces like the Three Latin Motets performed in situ adds an extra level of interest. ... By taking the music seriously, treating it with respect but not reverence, [Stephen Layton] gives it a freshness calculated to disarm even the staunchest of musical non-believers.  Alexandra Coghlan