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Christmas Chants - Santo Domingo de Silos Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos
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Christmas Chants - Santo Domingo de Silos. Christmas is a time where Gregorian chant becomes jubilant, albeit with a restrained happiness. The chant becomes powerful and beautifully compact. This release features 25 tracks occurring at Christmas, quite different from what we see from shepherds and the music of the classicists.
Recorded in 1958 at the Spanish Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, this historic recording has become a minor classic, a 25-track collection of Gregorian chants that were the first to be recorded at the Castilian monastery. Part of the import of these simple recordings is their authenticity; although the traditional Gregorian chant had been corrupted by the mid-19th century, these performances were the result of exhaustive scholarship and research, including a restoration of the Mozarabic chant, an archaic style of Spanish singing. Recorded at the peak of the choir's powers - over 80 voices strong - these chants glorify the start of the liturgical year, and are moving and inspirational examples of religious faith expressed in sound.
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Track Listing:
Rorate Caeli Desuper, O Sapienta (antiphon), Gaudete in Domino (introit), Christe, redemptor omnium, Invitational Antiphon - Christus natus est nobis, First Lesson of Matins - Primo Tempore, A solis ortus cardine, Quem vidistis pastores (antiphon), Facta est cum Angelo (antiphon), Gustate et videte (communion), Rubum quem viderat (communion) and Magnificat, Dies Sanctificatus (alleluia), Viderunt omnes (communion), Puer natus in Bethlehem, Adeste fideles, Dominus dixit (introit), Puer natus est nobis (introit), Omnes de Saba (gradual), Alma Redemptoris Mater (antiphon), Panis angelicus, Invitational Antiphon - Christum Regem, Adoro te devote, Te decet laus, Laudemus Dominum (antiphon), Ave verum
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