“England, My England” Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Stephen Cleobury, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks, conductors. (EMI Classics 50999 2 28944 0 3; 2 CDs)

I don’t normally review collections of previously released music, but this one caught my eye and ear. Christian music is on many classically-oriented St. Louis-area minds lately, and the contents of this two-disc set - oddly named and framed as patriotic but in fact virtually entirely composed of church music - offer a splendid overview of Anglican church music, from the Tudor period to the Baroque, from the Anglican Revival to the contemporary.

In fact, it almost comprises a “greatest hits” compendium. Many of the essential works of ACM are included here, including Parry’s “I was glad” and “Jerusalem” (aka “the other British national anthem”), Byrd’s “Ave verum corpus” and Tallis’s amazing “Spem in alium,” a little Handel mixed with a little Rutter, some great hymns and John Tavener’s modern classic “Song for Athene.”

It’s all well sung, by one of the world’s great men-and-boy choirs. If you’re interested in the Anglican choral tradition, this would be a good place to start your explorations.