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Anthology
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Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey
The eclectic selection on this album is a cross-section of music sung at the Norbertine Abbey that includes chants from the liturgy as well as motets and music from the Renaissance era. The latter is sung on more solemn occasions like Easter, Pentecost, Christmas and the other great feasts of the liturgical year. Shows the vigor and subtle beauty of Gregorian chant as sung today in the United States.
Singing at St. Michael's Abbey is nothing new. Learning sacred chant starts in the seminary and becomes part of the Norbertines daily life. Father Jerome Molokie of St. Michael's explains, "for the first two years after they enter, there is a daily chant class five days a week for about 45 minutes."
After all these centuries, the chants are still in use and retain their sacramental quality, their vigor, and the ability to dispose the soul for the contemplation of God and His Mysteries.
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Ave Maria (Polyphony),
Spiritus Domini,
Vinea Facta Est.
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Ave Maria and The Soul of Chant
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Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos
This impressive 2-CD set belongs in the home of every Catholic. The chant is exquisite, and the cost is low: Only $11 per CD!
Ave Maria
Ave Maria was recorded in 1956 and 1957 in the ancient Monastery's choir by Jose Luis Abascal, technician in the ancient Fonopolis de Madrid Studios. The master recording, affected by the passage of time, has been carefully restored to reflect the essence of this historical piece.
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Benedicta Es Tu, Virgo Maria (Gradual),
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino,
Salve Mater Misericordiae (Carmelite hymn),
Alleluia - Tota Pulchra Es.
The Soul of Chant
This compilation of five Gregorian Masses was produced at one of the most significant moments for the Choir of the Monastery of Silos. As Spain emerged from its civil war, the Benedictine Monks managed to acquire rudimentary recording equipment and capture its Gregorian Masses for posterity. The result, as evidenced here, is magnificent and moving, radiating a profound spirituality, and speaks to us from a past which is almost impossible to reconstruct.
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Kyrie II (Used on 1st Class feasts),
Kyrie IX (Used on feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary).
$21.99
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Chant Compendium 6
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Gregorian chant collection
This should have been called Chant Compendium 6! Released as A Gregorian Christmas. You and your family will enjoy this live recording which includes the seminarians singing much of the 3rd Mass of Christmas Day, part of the Divine Office for Christmas Eve, and several Marian hymns. These sacred melodies will surely help you capture the rich beauty of Gregorian chant. A wonderful addition to any Catholic home. Contains Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei from Mass 2 (a more solemn melody used for major feasts), Mass propers, and other content similar to Chant Compendium 1-5. 17 tracks in all; 65 minutes. Includes lyrics sheet. Order your copy today!
Listen to these samples from the CD:
Viderunt Omnes - Communion verse
Psalm 88 - from Christmas Eve Matins
Organ Interlude - Beautiful melody!
Jesu Redemptor Omnium - Vespers hymn for Christmas Eve
Gloria In Excelsis - from Mass 2
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Christmas at St. Michael's Abbey
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Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey
This recording includes the chant propers for the three Masses of Christmas (Midnight Mass, the Mass at Dawn, and the Christmas Day Mass) as sung at St. Michael's Abbey. They are still in use after all these centuries and retain their sacramental quality, their supple vigor, and the ability to dispose the soul for the contemplation of God and His Mysteries. These authentic chants are the perfect addition to your Christmas CD collection.
Among the three Masses for Christmas Day, there is a substantial overlap of texts and settings found in the Roman Missal, in addition to similar texts about the Incarnation used in the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours. But in total, they all aim toward the contemplation of the Divine Mystery of the Incarnation -- and thus Christmas at St. Michael's Abbey becomes a treasure trove of Christmas chant that will help your family to get the most spiritual benefit out of this Christmas season.
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Alleluia (Christmas Midnight Mass),
Gradual (Christmas Mass at Dawn),
Introit (Christmas Day Mass).
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Dedication of the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul (Vol. 7)
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St. John Schola
A small traditional Catholic schola chants the Hour of Terce, followed by the Angelus to the peal of the bells of the carillon. The Hour of Terce of the Divine Office is the third Hour of the day, the one appointed to be chanted immediately before Holy Mass, which follows on this recording of the Mass for the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter & Paul. This feast, assigned in the Proper of the Time to November 18, celebrates the dedication in the fourth century of the Basilicas of St. Peter on the Vatican hill and St. Paul outside the walls of the city. The Ordinary chants here are taken entirely from Mass VIII De Angelis of the Kyriale. 64 minutes. Download a free PDF file containing most of the lyrics.
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From Silence to Light
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Benedictine Monks Choirs of the Abbeys of Silos, Saint-Wandrille, Ganagobie, Le Barroux
From Silence to Light is an album of Gregorian chants that gathers together recordings from four renowned choirs of Benedictine Monks: Santo Domingo De Silos Abbey Choir, Saint-Wandrille Abbey Choir, Notre-Dame De Ganagobie Abbey Choir, and Saint-Madelieine du Barroux Abbey Choir. The album features some of the most popular Gregorian chant works, such as the Mass of the Angels, Salve Festa Dies, Salve Regina, and the universal Veni Creator Spiritus.
From Silence to Light — sample tracks:
Gaudeamus, Requiem Aeternam,
Salve Festa Dies, Stabat Mater Dolorosa,
Vexilla Regis, Victimae Paschali Laudes.
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Gregorian Chant - Dominican Liturgy
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Dominican Friars of the Province of France
"St. Dominic wished that the choral office would be sung lightly and joyfully, with simplicity and sobriety, as befits an Order of preachers. It is sung today in all of the various languages and cultures where the Friars find themselves. In fact, a whole repertoire of Gregorian melodies proper to the Order continues to be sung today: canticles to Our Lady and to Saint Dominic, hymns, and more."
- Fr. Timothy Radliffe, O.P., Master of the Order
At a time when there did not yet exist a Latin liturgy, in the meaning that will have after the Council of Trent, the Preachers adopted identical liturgical books for all houses of the Order. There were several reasons for this initiative, both spiritual and practical. They hoped to unify hearts through uniformity of custom, liturgical custom included; and since they moved not infrequently from house to house, and from province to province, particularly for studies, there was an advantage in finding everywhere the same usage, the more so considering the cost of copies of liturgical books for a mendicant order.
Accordingly, the Dominican liturgy is not an original production. It is a compilation of local usages, made with great care and concern for the sobriety required by the primitive Constitutions. Father Dominique Delalande has already shown how interesting the Gradual of the Friars Preachers is. The work of compilation was completed in 1256, during the Generalship of Humbert of Romans, who played an important role in the project.
Br. Pierre Raffin, O.P. – Bishop of Metz
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