With the many intervening interpretive advances, this recording has lost much of its value, but this disc is still one of the recordings which buoyed my interest in this music in the first place, and so it retains some significance on that basis.
The performance is typical of the Hilliard Ensemble, lacking in both vocal color and articulation. However, the mass is laid out rather nicely, with good phrasing and overall shaping. Lines are clear, and I am generally happy with that aspect of it.
I still prefer it to the other renditions available, and it is certainly valuable on the list as an alternate performance approach. There are other, better recordings of the motets available, but not in as strong an overall program.
Todd M. McComb