The singing is peerless, phrasing is seamless, blah blah blah. What I find myself completely drawn to is the patience that they have with dynamic shifts as well as the ends of phrases (especially in the Madrigali). They wait exactly the amount of time that they should between phrases...not more and not less. And no crescendo or decrescendo is too fast...just the right amount of spice on it.
The result is a spontaneous, organic sound that is incredibly difficult for a choir to pull off with such a uniform gradation in the sound. But, having listened to this for a few hours now, it's obviously well worth the effort. Their second Lauridsen disc, Nocturnes, is also awesome in the truest sense of the term.
Speaking of English people, check out this picture of Edward Elgar. Some day I want to be able to rock the leather driving gloves with a cane like the Enigma does here amongst the evergreens.
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