Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant | Gregorian Chant, Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice &...

Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant | Gregorian Chant, Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice & St. Maur of the Abbey | One of my favorite CD's

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	Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant Gregorian Chant, Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice & St. Maur of the Abbey Philips, 1990 average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Live chant beats studio chant!

I first bought this album on vinyl on the old World Series label during the late sixties. I was struck at that time by the difference between the live singing and studio chant. I was, at that time, a college student majoring in music. Since then, from the vantage point of a 35-year career in music and teaching, I am struck anew by the quality of this disc, and I'm so glad this album made it to disc! I have used this disc for years, teaching Lutheran choirs to sing Gregorian chant and many years of European History students have been amazed at the "live" quality.
I usually start the sessions with the Santo Domingo de Silos recordings, then move to Clervaux. Without exception, every class has remarked on the bells as the choir enters before the Te Deum and the entrance of the bird. Chant becomes, for my students, not an old dead thing, but a living, breathing continuing tradition of prayer, praise and worship. This disc is a must for both the novice just beginning to study chant, and for the conniseur, who has studied for years.

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One of my favorite CD's

When I picked this cd up used for $2 I was thinking "Well this will probably be one of those cd's that I listen to once and then it will end up in my pile of cd's". Well little did I know that this would be one of the most played cd's I own. This is one of the best chant cd's I have ever heard (and I've heard plenty). The music is very beautiful and moving without being... well emotionalistic. If you love chant or are interested in it, check this cd out.

Salve Regina

I have a collection of around 25 chant cds and this is by far my favorite of all - the rendition of "Victimae Paschali Laudes" is so natural and this version of "Salve Regina" is the one I always play before retiring at the end of the day - remembering how, in the SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN, Thomas Merton described the monks a Gethsemani Abbey doing the same thing each evening... This is also the only cd I bought separate copies for home, car and work.
Great for reading and meditation as well.

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absolutely authentic

Amazing recording. If you go the abbey in Clervaux, Luxemburg (as I did) you can to this day hear live and spontaneous the music of these very monks. Everything about this recording is genuine. If you listen very carefully, you can hear a bird join in the chant at around the 4:45 mark of the Te Deum...

Absolutely amazed by this music

This is my first-ever review, and I have to say, I am just amazed by this CD. Blown away. It is more than just chanting to me. I hear a whole level of emotions, particularly in "Adoro Te." I play this recording over and over, and each time, I am still amazed by how beautiful it is. If you must own only one CD of Gregorian Chant, make it this one.

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