Gregorian chant Archive
VICTORIA: Tenebrae Responsories – stile antico – Harmonia mundi
Beautiful performances of masterly music.
Editorial for July, 2018
Gregorian Chant from St Peter’s Abbey The Abbey of St Peter in Solesmes, France contributed significantly to the resurgence of Gregorian Chant. This collection provides different views of this music, including an overview sampler of Gregorian Chant and its various musical forms, its history, as well as a re-issue of some of the earliest recordings […]
Requiem: The Fraternity (Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter) Stereo CD – Sony Classical
Requiem: The Fraternity (Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter) Stereo CD – Sony Classical 88985 41735 2 (5/12/17) TT: 54:34 **** Ethereal music will soothe and inspire you What a lovely and utterly absorbing disc. It’s a selection of (mostly) Gregorian Chants performed by The Fraternity, a small choral group – an international community considered one […]
“Music for the 100 Years’ War” = The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman (cond.) – Hyperion Records
“Music for the 100 Years’ War” = The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman (conductor) – Hyperion Records CD A68170, 76:25 (3/31/17) **** A lovely disc brings the music of the 15th century alive A fascinating theme for a CD, with music of predominantly royal association spanning the reign of Henry V, the Battle of Agincourt and its […]
“Into Great Silence” (2007)
A magnificent and entrancing glimpse into the sounds of silence. “Into Great Silence” (2007) DISC ONE, THE FILM Director: Philip Gröning Actors: The Carthusian Order Studio: Zeitgeist Films Z1094 (10/23/07) Video: 1.85:1, 16:9 transfer, created from hi-def elements Audio: English, French, Latin DD 5.1 Subtitles: English Region 1 coding Extras: U.S. theatrical trailer DISC TWO, […]
“Spirit, Strength, & Sorrow” = Setting of the Stabat Mater by ALISSA FIRSOVA, TONU KORVITS, CLAUDIO CASCIOLINI, MATTHEW MARTIN, DOMENICO SCARLATTI – The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers – Coro
Christophers’s Coro goes from strength to strength in this absorbing collection.
LISZT: Christus (Oratorio, trans. Liszt) – Nicolas Horvath, piano – Edition Hortus
Pianist Nicolas Horvath realizes Liszt’s monumental Christus oratorio as an eight-movement cycle of religious devotion and keyboard wizardry, always in epic proportions.
DURUFLE: Requiem (organ version); POULENC: Praises of St. Anthony of Padua; MESSIAEN: O Sacrum convivium – Patricia Fernandez, mezzo-sop./ Michel Bouvard, organ/ Les Elements/ Joel Suhubiette – Hortus
A fine rendition of a work that deserves its own spotlight.
![Music for Two Organs – The Viennese Habsburg Court of the 17th Century [TrackList follows] – David Blunden & Johannes Strobl, Bossart organs of Abbey Church of Muri/chorus on some tracks – Audite](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MusicTwoOrgans-SA.jpg)
Music for Two Organs – The Viennese Habsburg Court of the 17th Century [TrackList follows] – David Blunden & Johannes Strobl, Bossart organs of Abbey Church of Muri/chorus on some tracks – Audite
Actually music for one or two organs plus a small choir singing Gregorian chant on some tracks.
The Chants of Mary – Gloriæ Dei Cantores Men’s Schola – Gloriæ Dei Cantores
A fine hi-res surround introduction to Gregorian Chant.
The Chants of Angels – Gloriæ Dei Cantores Schola – GDC
Angelic singing about the angels themselves in wonderful surround sound.
Psallat Ecclesia – Schola Solensis/ Halvor Osttveit, director – 2L
Despite the stingy length, these ladies turn in a beautifully performed and recorded series of sequence
Voices: Chant from Avignon – The Benedictine Nuns of Notre-Dame de L’Annonciation – Decca
The first release from Decca of this kind of music in a long, long time. Here’s to more!
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