Two composers, not known principally for their church music. Doubters will be persuaded by the facts that for generations Puccini’s ancestors were leaders of church music in Lucca and he followed in their footsteps. Anyone not familiar with Dohnányi’s late masterpiece composed in America cannot have heard the recording made a few years ago with the Angelica Girls’ Choir, a real revelation. Now is the time to make up for what you have missed!