Picked up a disk of Strauss Motets by Musica Sacra/Westenburg that wasn't
very satisfying.  It did, however, include a performance of Tallis' "Spem
in Alium," that compelled me to buy the rosetted Gimell recording with the
Tallis Scholars.

What a piece, recording, and performance.  Many of the chance-tonalities
produced by the eight choirs singing antiphonally were very gratifying to
my late 19th-Century ears.  I also like that fact that it wasn't always
thickly-polyphonic.

Even more beautiful was the Miserere nostri--with its ravishingly
melancholy major/minor fluctuations.  I wouldn't mind owning the original
Tallis piece used in VW's "Tallis Fantasia," if anyone knows the name of
the (preferable) Gimell recording please let me know!

For those tempted, it's a wonderful CD.

John Smyth