Complementary to Giles’s anthems in volume 23, but also marking a new stage in the reception of his music, this collection of the composer’s surviving services corrects the dearth of critical editions that has inhibited performances of his works in recent years. A more considered view of the output in the light of his contemporaries Byrd, Morley, Tomkins and Weelkes is also now possible. While the First Service survives largely intact, the Second is incomplete but has, without re-composition, be...