Holst's Hymn of Jesus, setting texts from the Apocrypha, is attractively heterodox for a religious work. The composer was initially drawn by the line "Ye who dance not, know not what we are knowing," and the music gets to dance as well as make solemn references to plainsong. The lilt and wilt and often lazily wistful loveliness of Delius's Whitman setting, Sea Drift, are presented with cushioned sensuality by Mark Elder. There are smoothly contoured contributions from the Hallé choirs, and Roderick Williams is a honey-toned baritone soloist. halle.co.uk