Luther is famous for saying the devil had all the best tunes. It could be argued that the devil was an equal opportunities tempter, for as this disc demonstrates, it was not only worldly Catholics who became intrigued with the Song of Songs, the Bible’s erotic book, but upstanding Protestant composers, such as the prolific Melchior Franck and Johann Hermann Schein. Franck’s Geistliche Gesäng und Melodeyen of 1608 even came with a parental advisory, declaring the text unsuitable for children, yet still claiming his 19 settings “can be performed and used in honour of God and holy wedlock”.