Chant / Monks Of Solesmes Gregorian Chant Melodies 2 CD

This album is Volume 2 in a two-release set that contains the best of the Monks of Solesmes- including the Te Deum, Stabat Mater, and Ave Maria, chants for the Liturgical Year from Advent to Pentecost, hymns from the service of Compline, chants devoted to Our Lady and the Blessed Sacrament as well as the Mass of the Angels. Sung with grace and style, the chants on this release are ideal for those who are familiar with the chant liturgy, as a collection of familiar melodies, as well as those wanting to become familiar with Gregorian chant. "The program offers alternate settings... of the sprinkling of water, the Ordinary of the Mass, Benediction hymns, and the most familiar pieces marking the liturgical year... exactly what is needed for those who long to hear the familiar chants again." (Fanfare) "Setting the standard for Gregorian performance." (American Record Guide)

1. Asperges me (Liber Cantualis, 28A) 2. Vidi aquam (Liber Cantualis, 29A) 3. Kyrie VIII, for Easter 4. Gloria VIII, in mode 5 5. Alleluia. Tu es Petrus 6. Sanctus VIII, in mode 6 7. Agnus Dei VIII, mode 6 8. Conditor alme siderum, hymn, mode 4 9. Ostende nobis, alleluia 10. Puer natus in Bethlehem 11. Alleluia. Dominus dixit (for Christmas Midnight Mass) 12. Gloria Laus, hymn (Mode I) 13. Stabat Mater, sequence 14. Confitemini, alleluia in mode 8 for Easter 15. Spiritus paraclitus, responsory (for Pentecost) 16. O Salutaris hostia, hymn in mode 8 17. Ecce Panis Angelorum 18. Pange lingua, hymn 19. Psalm 116: Laudate Dominum (Liber Cantualis 85) 20. Alma Redmeptoris, antiphon in mode 5 21. Ave Maria, antiphon 22. Ave regina (simple mode), antiphon in mode 6 23. Ave Maria, sequence (12th century) 24. Ave maris stella, hymn (simple tone) (Liber Cantualis, 73B) 25. Ego sum, antiphon: Ego sum, antiphon ; Benedictus (From the Office for the Departed) (Liber Cantualis 61.76) 26. Te Deum, tonus simplex