English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music of the past five centuries. The first volume, dedicated to anthems and motets, presents both favourite and lesser-known works, from Renaissance polyphony to the works of the great 19th- and 20th-century composers.

Anon.: Rejoice in the Lord alway, Bairstow: Jesu, the very thought of thee, Blow: Salvator mundi, Boyce: O where shall wisdom be found?, Byrd: Ave verum Corpus, Byrd: Haec dies, Byrd: Justorum animae, Byrd: Sing joyfully, Elgar: They are at rest, Farrant or Hilton: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake, Gibbons: O clap your hands, Gibbons: O Lord, in thy wrath, Goss: These are they which follow the Lamb, Greene: Lord, let me know mine end, Hadley: My song is love unknown, Harris: Faire is the heaven, Harwood: O how glorious is the kingdom, Howells: Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks, Ireland: Greater love hath no man, Lewis: The souls of the righteous, Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer, Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris, Naylor: Vox dicentis: Clama, Parsons: Ave Maria, Philips: Ascendit Deus, Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Purcell: I was glad when they said unto me, Purcell: Let mine eyes run down with tears, Purcell: Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Purcell: Remember not, Lord, our offences, Stainer: God so loved the world, Stainer: I saw the Lord, Stanford: Beati quorum via, Stanford: Coelos ascendit hodie, Stanford: How beauteous are their feet, Stanford: I heard a voice from heaven, Stanford: Justorum animae, Tallis: If ye love me, Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis, Tallis: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, Tallis: O nata lux de lumine, Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum, Tomkins: When David heard, Vaughan Williams: O how amiable, Vaughan Williams: O taste and see, Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart, Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father, Wesley: Praise the Lord, O my soul, Wesley: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Wesley: Wash me throughly, Wood: O thou the central orb