hi, yes the file was recorded of the webcast, I use a programme like camstudio to record screen activity with sound and then use an audio extraction software like AOA audio extractor to get the MP3 out, quality is obviously not as good as CD but it gets the job done.
No. US choirs typically do the straight text. Some places get permission to do the entire service in 1662, e.g. Incarnation in Dallas, the only church in North Texas with weekly Evensong.
It's a great performance. I just find it lacking in subtlety a bit, and in particular in that rich operatic sound of the basses--just a little oversung to my mind.
Lol they have good voices as the director of music John Scott comes from England. He was previously at St paul's Cathedral London before coming to St thomas Fifth Avenue.