He Was Placed In The Tomb

"Solesmes' He Was Placed in the Tomb contains the Gregorian Office for Holy (or "Great") Saturday, the evening service that observes the time Christ spent in the bonds of death; it is signified by the lighting of the candle of Paschali…This performance of the Office is by the Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey in Solesmes, presumably from their own edition, which has been the Vatican standard since 1903…This one of the very last recordings of the Solesmes choir as led by its longtime director, the late Dom Jean Claire, who retired shortly thereafter. The choir is in excellent voice; the pacing of the chant is as it should be and the acoustic in the Abbey Church at Solesmes is warm and bathes the voices in a benevolent ambience.  This office consists of four Nocturnes, Lauds, and Vespers, with the pieces toward the ends of the Nocturnes being the most captivating within the office, particularly the Mode 4 and 5 Responsory at the end of the first Nocturne and the breathtakingly beautiful Responsories in Modes 8 and 4 that conclude the Second Nocturne"

"As a representation of the Holy Saturday service in Gregorian terms, this is about as liturgically accurate, and as well performed, as it gets. Outside of its purely religious context, Solesmes' He Was Placed In The Tomb would be an excellent disc to accompany late-night reading or other nocturnal, quiet activities." —www.AllMusic.com

First Nocturne of Vigils
     Track 1-Antiphon     In pace and Psalm 4
     Track 2-Antiphon     Habitabit and Psalm 14
     Track 3-Antiphon     Caro me and Psalm 15
     Track 4-Responsory     Sicut ovis
     Track 5-Responsory     Jerusalem, surge
     Track 6-Responsory     Plange
    
 Second Nocturne of Vigils
     Track 7-Antiphon     Elevamini and Psalm 23
     Track 8-Antiphon     Credo and Psalm 26
     Track 9-Antiphon     Domine and Psalm 29
     Track 10-Responsory     Recessit
     Track 11-Responsory     O vos omnes
     Track 12-Responsory     Ecce quomodo
     
Third Nocturne of Vigils
     Track 13-Antiphon     Deus adiuvat and Psalm 53
     Track 14-Antiphon     In pace and Psalm 75
     Track 15-Antiphon     Factus sum and Psalm 87
     Track 16-Responsory     Astiterunt
     Track 17-Responsory     Aestimatus sum
     Track 18-Responsory     Sepulto Domino
     
Lauds
     Track 19-Antiphon     O mors and Psalm 50
     Track 20-Antiphon     Plangent and Psalm 91
     Track 21-Antiphon     Attendite and Psalm 63
     Track 22-Antiphon     A porta and canticle Isaiah
     Track 23-Antiphon     O vos omnes and Psalm 150
     Track 24-Antiphon     Mulieres and Benedictus
     Track 25-Responsory     Christus factus est
 
Vespers
     Track 26-Antiphon     Hodie and Psalm 115
     Track 27-Antiphon     Cum his and Psalm 119
     Track 28-Antiphon     Ab hominibus and Psalm 139
     Track 29-Antiphon     Custodi me and Psalm 140
     Track 30-Antiphon     Considerabam and Psalm 141
     Track 31-Antiphon     Principes and Magnificat
     Track 32-Responsory     Christus resurgens