The Tallis Scholars at 40

[Miles Coverdale]

Apart from the quality of their singing, the Clerkes were remarkable for the 'stratospherically' (I quote from many reviews of the time) high pitch at which they sang everything. Neither PP nor anyone else has persisted in that.

On the contrary, in their performances of, for example, early Tudor repertoire, the Tallis Scholars do sing pieces up a minor third, as the Clerkes used to. Their latest recording of Taverner does exactly that. The Sixteen also used to adopt this pitch standard (or perhaps up a tone rather than a minor third), although they don't sing so much of that repertoire these days.