Paul Guinery introduces some of the best of the year's choral CD releases, including:

Comyshe Ave Maria, Mater Dei - Chanticleer, director Joseph Jennings

Mendelssohn Mitten Wir im Leben Sind, Op 23 No 3 - RIAS Chamber Choir, conductor Marcus Creed

Liszt Kyrie (Missa Choralis) - Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best

Handel He Saw the Lovely Youth (Theodora) - Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh

Berlioz Eight Scenes from Faust (excerpt) - Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor), Frederic Caton (bass), Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, conductor Yutaka Sado

Howells Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (York Service) - The Collegiate Singers, director Andrew Millinger

Desmarest Domine, Ne in Furore - Les Arts Florrisants, director William Christie

Holst The Evening Watch - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, director Timothy Brown

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