
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
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
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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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