Gregorian Chant Rediscovered
Gregorian Chant
$18.99
- ISBN: 9781557251367
- Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
- Weight: 3 ounces.
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1995
- Product ID: S835
- Format: CD-Audio
Chant highlights of the Gregorian church year
This recording reflects the unmatched authenticity which characterizes the exquisitely gracious and moving performances of Gregorian chant by the Monks of Solesmes. In the late 19th century, Pope Leo XIII charged the Abbey of Solesmes with the restoration and preservation of Gregorian Chant according to the original 10th-11th century manuscripts. The care and zeal with which the monks undertook this mission quickly extended the Abbeys influence beyond Europe. Their goal: that Gregorian Chant be available to all people so they may pray with the help of beauty (Pop St. Pius X).
Today, the Abbey continues to be a vibrant source of research and liturgical prayer with their library of over 200,000 volumes, and a musical palaeography workshop second only to the Vatican. But above all, Solesmes is a living community of Benedictine monks searching for God and sharing their spirituality, community life, and heritage.
This recording includes musical highlights of the Gregorian church year sung in 1930 under the direction of Solesmes choir director Dom Gajard and they have been digitally remastered.
Track 1-Offertory Ad te Domine
Track 2-Gradual Qui sedes
Track 3-Responsory Descendit
Track 4-Hymn Virgo Dei Genitrix
Track 5-Responsory Media vita
Track 6-Gradual Dirigatur
Track 7-Offertory Meditabor
Track 8-Gradual Christus
Track 9-Communion Hoc corpus
Track 10-Offertory Custodi me
Track 11-Responsory Tenebrae
Track 12-Kyrie I
Track 13-Gloria I
Track 14-Offertory Jubilate
Track 15-Responsory Christus resurgens
Track 16-Introit Spiritus Domini
Track 17-Communions Spiritus Sanctus and Spiritus qui a Patre
Track 18-Introit Da pacem
Track 19-Kyrie X
Track 20-Offertory Precatus est
Track 21-Communion Memento
Track 22-Alleluia Assumpta est
Track 23-Antiphon Salve Regina
Track 24-Alleluia Justus germinabit
Track 25-Communion Quinque prudentes
Track 26-Introit Requiem
Track 27-Hymn Urbs Jerusalem
This recording reflects the unmatched authenticity which characterizes the exquisitely gracious and moving performances of Gregorian chant by the Monks of Solesmes. In the late 19th century, Pope Leo XIII charged the Abbey of Solesmes with the restoration and preservation of Gregorian Chant according to the original 10th-11th century manuscripts. The care and zeal with which the monks undertook this mission quickly extended the Abbeys influence beyond Europe. Their goal: that Gregorian Chant be available to all people so they may pray with the help of beauty (Pop St. Pius X).
Today, the Abbey continues to be a vibrant source of research and liturgical prayer with their library of over 200,000 volumes, and a musical palaeography workshop second only to the Vatican. But above all, Solesmes is a living community of Benedictine monks searching for God and sharing their spirituality, community life, and heritage.
This recording includes musical highlights of the Gregorian church year sung in 1930 under the direction of Solesmes choir director Dom Gajard and they have been digitally remastered.
Track 1-Offertory Ad te Domine
Track 2-Gradual Qui sedes
Track 3-Responsory Descendit
Track 4-Hymn Virgo Dei Genitrix
Track 5-Responsory Media vita
Track 6-Gradual Dirigatur
Track 7-Offertory Meditabor
Track 8-Gradual Christus
Track 9-Communion Hoc corpus
Track 10-Offertory Custodi me
Track 11-Responsory Tenebrae
Track 12-Kyrie I
Track 13-Gloria I
Track 14-Offertory Jubilate
Track 15-Responsory Christus resurgens
Track 16-Introit Spiritus Domini
Track 17-Communions Spiritus Sanctus and Spiritus qui a Patre
Track 18-Introit Da pacem
Track 19-Kyrie X
Track 20-Offertory Precatus est
Track 21-Communion Memento
Track 22-Alleluia Assumpta est
Track 23-Antiphon Salve Regina
Track 24-Alleluia Justus germinabit
Track 25-Communion Quinque prudentes
Track 26-Introit Requiem
Track 27-Hymn Urbs Jerusalem
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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.
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.
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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