Reviewed by Tony Cummings

To quote from the back sleeve, “The blended series seamlessly blends well loved hymns and popular choruses, sometimes running two melodies at the same time, sometimes using a chorus of a modern song to reflect on the words of a classic hymn.” So here Reginald Heber/John Bachus Dykes’ regal “Holy, Holy, Holy” segues faultlessly into Marc Byrd and Steve Hindalong’s “God Of Wonders” and, even more intriguing, Sydney Carter’s folk romp “Lord Of The Dance” moves smoothly into Edmond Budry/Georg Handel’s “Thine Be The Glory”. The production by Chris Norton is characteristically smooth, the session singers (Ingrid DuMosch, Heidi French, Brent Miller, Andrew Green and Wendy Green) are pleasing on the ear though fairly anonymous so if you like the concept you might want to investigate. One gripe though about the packaging, the hymns credited “Trad” are nothing of the sort. The composers of these glorious hymns may be public domain but let’s at least have their names on the sleeve.

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