What does it sound like when Percy Whitlock composes during a holiday he spends in Paris? This was the scene that the popular composer Christopher Tambling had in mind when he wrote this extraordinary mass. It is permeated by elements and moods of French Romantic church music (Widor, Vierne, Duruflé) as well as those of English Romanticism (Elgar, Whitlock, etc.), which he so admired.

In terms of sound, this leads to moments of great emotionality both in the majestic and sonorous parts of the...