Vatican 1600 (Allegri’s Miserere performed by the Tallis Scholars)

This recording of Gregorio Allegri’s glorious Miserere is perhaps the purest, most definitive sound ever achieved by a professional choir. It was performed by the Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips and recorded by Gimell Records in the early 1980s. The photos I took inside St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in 1997 without filters or flash. It was a little dark that day and the lighting wasn’t so good so the pictures are a bit grainy.