The Church Sings Her Saints I

Gregorian Chant

$18.99
  • ISBN: 9781557251121
  • Trim size: 5.5 x 5 inches
  • Weight: 4 ounces.
  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 1991
  • Product ID: S827
  • Format: CD-Audio
The 1st volume of this beautiful collection includes Gregorian Chants from the Liturgy of Apostles, Martyrs, and Virgins, with Introits, Graduals, Alleluias, Offertories, Communion pieces, Antiphons and Hymns. 

For over a century and a half, the Monks of Solesmes have chanted the liturgy of the Church, while at the same time achieving remarkable breakthroughs in musical scholarship.  The clarity, accuracy – and haunting, compelling power – of their sound has no equal.  According to experts, the recordings of the Monks of Solesmes are the purest, most genuine, and finest recordings of Gregorian Chant available anywhere.

Liturgy of Apostles
     Track 1-Introit     Mihi autem
     Track 2-Introit     Judicant
     Track 3-Gradual     Constitues
     Track 4-Alleluia     Te gloriosus
     Track 5-Offertory     In omnem
     Track 6-Communion     Amen
     Track 7-Communion     Ego vos
     Track 8-Lauds Antiphons
     Track 9-Vespers Antiphons
     Track 10-Hymn     Exsultet
     
Liturgy of Martyrs
     Track 11-Introit     Justi epulentur
     Track 12-Introit     Salus autem
     Track 13-Introit     Sapientiam
     Track 14-Offertory     Exsultabunt
     Track 15-Communion     Dico autem
     Track 16-Communion     Et si coram
     Track 17-Communion     Justorum
     Track 18-Alleluia     Tu es sacerdos
     Track 19-Communion     Laetabitur
     Track 20-Lauds Antiphons-Eastertide
     Track 21-Antiphon     Vestri capilli
     Track 22-Antiphon     Gaudent
     Track 23-Hymn     Sanctorum
     
Liturgy of Virgins
     Track 24-Introit     Dilexisti
     Track 25-Introit     Me expectaverunt
     Track 26-Alleluia     Quinque
     Track 27-Gradual     Dilexisti
     Track 28-Offertory     Afferentur
     Track 29-Offertory     Afferentur
     Track 30-Communion     Optimam
     Track 31-Communion     Unam petii
     Track 32-Communion     Quinque
     Track 33-Lauds Antiphons
 

Media

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 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 

" 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 

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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