Chant / Monks Of Solesmes Gregorian Chant Christmas CD

The monks of Solesmes celebrate the birth of Jesus at Vigils, Midnight Mass, and the Mass of the Day with Gregorian Chant. In Christmas- The Night Office Vigils the monks of Solesmes celebrate the birth of Jesus at the same time of night he was born in Bethlehem. In Christmas- Midnight Mass and Mass of the Day, Introits, Graduals, Alleluias, Offertories, Communions, Responses, Sequences, Hymns, and Tropes are featured. Since 1833, the research and study of Gregorian Chant by the Monks of the Abbey of St. Peter in Solesmes, France, has focused on making this sung form of prayer the finest possible offering for God, to whom it is addressed six times a day at the Abbey. "Paraclete Press offers a superb list of outstanding Christian music which is magnificently performed by the monks of Solesmes. Each of these highly recommended exceptional recordings is flawlessly produced and showcases centuries of devotions, chants, celebrations, and the glorification of God." (Reviewers Bookwatch)

1. Dominus dixit, introit for the Christmas midnight Mass 2. Tecum principium, gradual for Christmas Midnight Mass 3. Alleluia. Dominus dixit (for Christmas Midnight Mass) 4. Laetentur caeli, offertory (for Christmas Midnight Mass) 5. In splendoribus sanctorum, communion chant (1st Mass of Christmas) 6. Sancta, responsory in mode 2 7. Laetabundus, sequence in mode 6 8. Christe Redemptor omnium, hymn in mode 1 9. Puer natus est nobis, introit in mode 7 10. Gloria in excelsis Deo, movement of an Ambrosian Mass 11. Viderunt omnes, gradual in mode 5 (Liber Usualis 409; GR. 33) 12. Dies sanctificatus, alleluia 13. Tui sunt caeli, offertory in mode 4 14. Viderunt omnes, communion in mode 1 (Liber Usualis 410, GR. 35) 15. A solus ortus cardine, hymn in mode 3 16. Ecce nomen Domini 17. Laissez paistre vos bestes, no?l for organ 18. Work(s): Versicle Domine, Labia Mea / Invitatory Christus and Psalm 94 (mode 4**) 19. Candor Aeternae, hymn in mode 1 20. Dominus dixit (antiphon) ; Psalm 2 21. Tamquam Sponsus ; Psalm 18a, antiphon in mode 8 22. Work(s): Antiphon Diffusa Est and Psalm 44 (mode 1) / Versicle Verbum Caro Factum Est 23. Scripture Reading, Bible: Reading from Isaiah 11:1-10 24. Hodie Nobis Caelorum Rex, responsory, mode 5 25. Homily of Pope Saint Leo the Great (sermon for Christmas Eve) 26. Hodie Nobis, responsory in mode 8 for Christmas 27. Scripture Reading, Bible: Gospel of the genealogy, Matthew 1; 1-16 28. Te Deum, hymn in mode 3 29. Collect ; Benedicamus Domino, mode 2 30. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (I), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 599 (BC K28) (Orgel-B?chlein No. 1)