Chant / Monks Of Solesmes Anthology & Sampler CD

In the Gregorian Anthology, we hear Chants from the principal seasons of the entire liturgical year. This anthology of Gregorian chants is of great interest as the contents are in liturgical order, following the principal seasons (Christmas, Holy Week, Easter, and Marian Feasts) representing the entire liturgical year. The beautiful Gregorian chant illumunates the liturgical texts, inviting the listener to contemplate the life of Christ and the foundation of the church. This overview will provide more enjoyment for the experienced listener while making a splendid introduction to the beauty of Gregorian chant for the novice. Throughout the anthology the unique interpretive insights that are the hallmark of Solesmes' recordings are carefully preserved."This anthology has gathered together some of the greatest gems of the Gregorian repertory and ordered them according to their liturgical order in the principle seasons and themes of the church year. They are sung with great vitality and a deep feeling for the religious meaning of the texts. Through their voices these chants become a truly inspired proclamation of Christian faith." (Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB, St. Meinrad Archabbey) "Singing beautifully arched musical lines, the monks' choir of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Solesmes presents a recording of chants with excellent intonation and splendid pacing. A sound that felicitously blends lightness and vigor makes this recording of chants the very best of all the ones I have heard. The performance of well sung familiar chants (such as Pange ligua and Victimae paschali) with very rarely heard ones (such as the trope Ecce nomen Domini and the sequence Salve dies) is an added bonus." (Johannes Somary, Founder of Amor Artis)

1. Iubilate, Introit in Mode 8 2. Antiphons from Lauds of the Martyrs at Eastertide 3. Kyrie IX, in Mode 1 4. Gloria IX, in Mode 7 5. Recordare, Offertory in Mode 1 6. Sancta, Responsory in Mode 2 7. Sanctorum Meritis, Hymn in Mode 2 (Liber Usualis 1157) 8. Pascha Nostrum, Communion (7th Mode) 9. Salve Festa Dies, Hymn in Mode 4 10. Salus Autem, Introit in Mode 1 11. Subvenite, Responsory in Mode 4 12. Laetabundus, Sequence in Mode 6 13. Concupivit, Gradual (1st Mode) 14. Semel Iuravi, Communion in Mode 4 15. Ave Maria in the 6th Mode 16. Laetabitur Iustus, Communion in Mode 5 17. Regem, Antiphon and Invitatory Psalm in Mode 6 18. Viderunt Omnes, Gradual in Mode 5 (Liber Usualis 409; GR. 33) 19. Tui Sunt Caeli, Offertory in Mode 4 20. De Profundis, Alleluia in Mode 7 (Liber Usualis 1076, GR 388) 21. Cantate, Communion in Mode 2 22. Salve Regina, Antiphon in Mode 1 23. Ringing of the Angelus 24. Puer Natus Est Nobis, Introit in Mode 7 25. Gloria in Excelsis 26. In Splendoribus Sanctorum, Communion Chant (1st Mass of Christmas) 27. Christe Redemptor Omnium, Hymn in Mode 1 28. Ecce Nomen Domini 29. Nos Autem, Introit in Mode 4 30. Christus Factus Est 31. Ubi Caritas, Offertory in Mode 8 32. Pange Lingua, Hymn 33. Tenebrae Factae Sunt, Responsory 34. Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, Hymn in Mode 1 (Liber Usualis 575) 35. Ecce Quomodo, Responsory in Mode 4 (Liber Usualis 728) 36. Christus Resurgens, (Responsory, Mode 2) 37. Haec Dies, Gradual in Mode 2 for Easter 38. Pascha Nostrum, Alleluia 39. Victimae Paschali Laudes, Sequence in Mode 1 for Easter (GR 198, Liber Usualis 780) 40. Ad Coenam Agni Providi, Hymn in Mode 8 41. Exsultemus Et Lµtemur, Rhythm in Mode 3 42. Salve Dies Dierum Gloria (Easter Procession) 43. Salve Sancta Parens, Introit in Mode 2 44. Kyrie IX, in Mode 1 45. Benedicta Et Venerabilis Es, Gradual in Mode 4 46. Recordare, Offertory in Mode 1 47. Regina Caeli, Antiphon in Mode 6 48. Te Deum, Hymn in Mode 3 49. Les Cloches de Solesmes