“All-Night Vigil by Robert Kyr (born 1952) is… a tour de force for choirs and a highly impressive piece of liturgical writing… Kyr sets English versions of exactly the same 15 selections chosen by Rachmaninoff, treating everything respectfully and with deep sincerity – and creating settings that fully explore the gorgeous sounds of which Cappella Romana is consistently capable.… the warmth, depth and sincerity of the singing in Kyr’s All-Night Vigil transcend the unfamiliarity of the material. The vocal sound here is simply beautiful: there is a full hour of elegantly phrased, emotionally penetrating, deeply sincere delivery both of choral material and of individual lines against a choral background. Some of the work’s most-appealing elements come in Kyr’s setting of a single voice against a choral background, as in O Joyful Light, where the chorus serves as the background against which solo voices stand out with tremendous clarity – this piece, No. 4 in the total work, sounds like a painting.… the sheer sound of this impressive choral work offers an experience of beauty and uplift from start to finish.”