Mors et Vita is probably best known by the one movement Judex which has made its way on to many compilation recordings because of its immediate appeal fitting for an easy listening CD. Having heard it thus myself, I wanted to learn more and was thrilled to find this magnificent recording. The oratorio was the second of a proposed trilogy of oratorios written on commission by Charles Gounod for the Birmingham Festival. The work is divided in three sections; the first (Death) is basically a Requiem Mass, and the second is termed Judgement, and the final section is about Eternal Life.