
The Church Sings Her Saints II
Gregorian Chant
$18.99
- ISBN: 9781557251145
- Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
- Weight: 4 ounces.
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 1991
- Product ID: S828
- Format: CD-Audio
The second volume of this beautiful collection includes Gregorian Chants from the Liturgy of Bishops, Doctors of the Church, and Saints, 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 Bishops
Track 1-Introit Statuit
Track 2-Introit Sacerdotes tui
Track 3-Introit Sacerdotes eius
Track 4-Gradual Ecce sacerdos
Track 5-Alleluia Amavit
Track 6-Offertory Inveni
Track 7-Offertory Bonum est
Track 8-Lauds Antiphons
Track 9-Hymn Iste confessor
Doctors of the Church
Track 10-Introit In medio
Track 11-Introit Os justi
Track 12-Introit Lex Domini
Track 13-Introit Meditatio
Track 14-Gradual Venite
Track 15-Alleluia Spiritus
Track 16-Alleluia Disposui
Track 17-Offertory Veritas
Track 18-Communion Tu mandasti
Track 19-Communion Quod dico
Track 20-Communion Qui meditabitur
Track 21-Antiphon O Doctor
Track 22-Hymn Aeterne sol
Saints
Track 23-Introit Laetabitur
Track 24-Introit In virtute tua
Track 25-Gradual Venite filii
Track 26-Communion Qui mihi
Track 27-Introit Laetetur cor
Track 28-Alleluia Laetabitur
Track 29-Alleluia Haec est
Track 30-Offertory In virtute
Track 31-Communion Narrabo
Track 32-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 Bishops
Track 1-Introit Statuit
Track 2-Introit Sacerdotes tui
Track 3-Introit Sacerdotes eius
Track 4-Gradual Ecce sacerdos
Track 5-Alleluia Amavit
Track 6-Offertory Inveni
Track 7-Offertory Bonum est
Track 8-Lauds Antiphons
Track 9-Hymn Iste confessor
Doctors of the Church
Track 10-Introit In medio
Track 11-Introit Os justi
Track 12-Introit Lex Domini
Track 13-Introit Meditatio
Track 14-Gradual Venite
Track 15-Alleluia Spiritus
Track 16-Alleluia Disposui
Track 17-Offertory Veritas
Track 18-Communion Tu mandasti
Track 19-Communion Quod dico
Track 20-Communion Qui meditabitur
Track 21-Antiphon O Doctor
Track 22-Hymn Aeterne sol
Saints
Track 23-Introit Laetabitur
Track 24-Introit In virtute tua
Track 25-Gradual Venite filii
Track 26-Communion Qui mihi
Track 27-Introit Laetetur cor
Track 28-Alleluia Laetabitur
Track 29-Alleluia Haec est
Track 30-Offertory In virtute
Track 31-Communion Narrabo
Track 32-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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