Saint Benedict
Gregorian Chant
$18.99
- ISBN: 9781557250988
- Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
- Weight: 4 ounces.
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1980
- Product ID: S820
- Format: CD-Audio
The father of organized western monasticism, Saint Benedict, is celebrated with Mass and Office chants as well as organ music played on the Grandes orgues at Solesmes.
Mass Proper to the Benedictine Order
Track 1-Priere Jean Langlais (organ)
Track 2-Introit Laudamus
Track 3-Gradual Domine Praevenisti
Track 4-Alleluia Vir Dei Benedictus
Track 5-Sequence Laeta Dies
Track 6-Communion Semel Juravi
Track 7-Hymn Claris Conjubila
Track 8-Lied: Herr Jesu, was fur seelenweh (S. 487) J.S. Bach (organ)
Mass of the Ancient Common of Abbots
Track 9-Chorale: Ich ruf zu dir (S. 63) J.S. Bach (organ)
Track 10-Introit Os justi
Track 11-Alleluia Justus et Palma
Track 12-Offertory Desiderium
Track 13-Communion Fidelis Servus
Office of Saint Benedict
Track 14-Lauds Antiphons
Track 15-Antiphon Sanctissime
Track 16-Antiphon O Caelestis Norma
Track 17-Antiphon Hodie S. Benedictus
Track 18-Pavane in D minor Henri Dumont (organ)
Mass Proper to the Benedictine Order
Track 1-Priere Jean Langlais (organ)
Track 2-Introit Laudamus
Track 3-Gradual Domine Praevenisti
Track 4-Alleluia Vir Dei Benedictus
Track 5-Sequence Laeta Dies
Track 6-Communion Semel Juravi
Track 7-Hymn Claris Conjubila
Track 8-Lied: Herr Jesu, was fur seelenweh (S. 487) J.S. Bach (organ)
Mass of the Ancient Common of Abbots
Track 9-Chorale: Ich ruf zu dir (S. 63) J.S. Bach (organ)
Track 10-Introit Os justi
Track 11-Alleluia Justus et Palma
Track 12-Offertory Desiderium
Track 13-Communion Fidelis Servus
Office of Saint Benedict
Track 14-Lauds Antiphons
Track 15-Antiphon Sanctissime
Track 16-Antiphon O Caelestis Norma
Track 17-Antiphon Hodie S. Benedictus
Track 18-Pavane in D minor Henri Dumont (organ)
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Reviews
“The most famous and ‘authentic’ recordings of Gregorian chant for generations have been those made by the Solesmes monks.” —The Boston Globe
“The music is utterly magnificent and the singing of this great choir is thrilling beyond words…it’s better to starve to this music than to live without it.” —Classic CD
“Supremely ethereal.” —USA Today
“Solesmes sets the standard for Gregorian chant performance.” —American Record Guide
“The music is utterly magnificent and the singing of this great choir is thrilling beyond words…it’s better to starve to this music than to live without it.” —Classic CD
“Supremely ethereal.” —USA Today
“Solesmes sets the standard for Gregorian chant performance.” —American Record Guide
"The success of Gregorian chant in the past century, and the centered richness of prayer it brings to all of us, is almost singularly due to the herculean efforts of the Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, France."
"Communicates a mood of mystery, timelessness, peace, beauty, and contemplation."
"The Monks of Solesmes ... use the most authentic manuscripts and ancient documents to recover the original melodies."
"The monks' chanting is living, strong, unvarnished."
"The chant is organic and text-based ... the singing is full and well-supported."
"The recordings present entire liturgies, mostly sung live (creating) ... a sense of unbroken, focused prayer."
"There's something incredible fresh and new ... which is well worth your attention."
—New Liturgical Movement
"Communicates a mood of mystery, timelessness, peace, beauty, and contemplation."
"The Monks of Solesmes ... use the most authentic manuscripts and ancient documents to recover the original melodies."
"The monks' chanting is living, strong, unvarnished."
"The chant is organic and text-based ... the singing is full and well-supported."
"The recordings present entire liturgies, mostly sung live (creating) ... a sense of unbroken, focused prayer."
"There's something incredible fresh and new ... which is well worth your attention."
—New Liturgical Movement
" ... Beauty and immense spiritual power when sung by the Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes, France"
"The music is exceptionally inviting, engaging listeners' ears with beauty and elevating their thoughts no matter what their spiritual or religious beliefs and doctrines may be."
"The beauties of Gregorian chant...encourage inward looking, contemplation, thoughtfulness, a kind of separation from mundane affairs ... Gregorian chant resonates."
"The sensitive, careful, beautifully measured performances here can be used as an entry point to an earlier time."
—TransCentury Communications
"The music is exceptionally inviting, engaging listeners' ears with beauty and elevating their thoughts no matter what their spiritual or religious beliefs and doctrines may be."
"The beauties of Gregorian chant...encourage inward looking, contemplation, thoughtfulness, a kind of separation from mundane affairs ... Gregorian chant resonates."
"The sensitive, careful, beautifully measured performances here can be used as an entry point to an earlier time."
—TransCentury Communications
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