Maundy Thursday

Gregorian Chant

$18.99
  • ISBN: 9781557251206
  • Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
  • Weight: 6 ounces.
  • Publication Date: 01 Feb 1990
  • Product ID: S831
  • Format: CD-Audio
Gregorian chants and prayers from the eve of Jesus' Passion

The moving Gregorian chants and prayers for the night before Jesus' Passion, when he gave the "mandate" to love one another as he has loved us. Includes Ubi caritas and Pange Lingua.

     Track 1-Introit     Nos Autem
     Track 2-Greeting and Penitential Rite
     Track 3-Kyrie III
     Track 4-Gloria II
     Track 5-Collect
     Track 6-First Reading: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
     Track 7-Gradual     Oculi Omnium
     Track 8-Second Reading: I Corinthians 11:23-26
     Track 9-Tract     Ab Ortu Solis
     Track 10-Gospel: John 13:1-15
     Track 11-General Intercessions
     Track 12-Offertory     Ubi Caritas
     Track 13-Prayer Over the Gifts and Preface for Eucharist
     Track 14-Sanctus V
     Track 15-Eucharistic Prayer I: Roman Canon
     Track 16-Pater Noster and Communion Rite
     Track 17-Agnus Dei V
     Track 18-Communion     Hoc Corpus
     Track 19-Prayer After Communion
     Track 20-Procession and Hymn     Pange Lingua
 

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Reviews

"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 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 

“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

Author Bio
The Recorded Legacy of Solesmes

Since the refounding of the monastery of St. Peter of Solesmes in 1833 under Dom Prosper Gueranger, this Benedictine monastery on the River Sarthe in western France has set the world standard both for performance of Gregorian chant and the authenticity of the music itself. Commissioned by Pope Pius X to research the role of chant in liturgy and to edit books on chant that reflect this research, Solesmes enjoys an enviable reputation. Its work in liturgical reform and in the current revival of Gregorian chant has been likened to that of the great abbey of Cluny in the Middle Ages.
These recordings incorporate new understandings of ancient manuscripts and represent a distillation of nearly 200 years of scholarship in the chant: musical paleography, semiology, and modality. The groundbreaking work by the monks of Solesmes has contributed to today’s resurgence of interest in Gregorian chant as the foundation of Western music.
Paraclete Press is proud to be the North American distributor of the recordings of the monks of Solesmes. These recordings have won numerous prestigious international awards, including the Grand Prix du Disque, Deutsche Schallplatten Prize, Diapason d’Or, and the Edison Prize.
 

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