The Mystery Of Santo Domingo De Silos Gregorian Chant From Spain

The Mystery Of Santo Domingo De Silos Gregorian Chant From Spain | Dom Ismaael Fernandez De La Cuesta, Chorus of Monks from the Abbey | Breathtakingly Beautiful

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	The Mystery Of Santo Domingo De Silos Gregorian Chant From Spain Dom Ismaael Fernandez De La Cuesta, Chorus of Monks from the Abbey Deutsche Grammophon, 1994 average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Gregorian Chant as it should always be!

The monks of Santo Domingo de silos follow the rites and traditions of the ancient Mozarabic period of Hispania (modern day Spain). This period stemmed from the Visigothic period of control over the former Roman protectorate. And from this period throughout the generations this form of pure, magical and yet authentic chant has been saved and will continue to be saved. I brought this CD initially for my stepdad but I decided to keep it with me after listening to it. I fell in love with the sound, the atmosphere and it made me great when I listened to it.
I hope to one day visit the abbey and listen to these chants in person and live. 22 tracks of solid gold chants and the voices are so in sync with each other that the real mystery is why there is not more monasteries like this one.

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Breathtakingly Beautiful

I am a writer, so I got this CD to listen to while I write. Each chant on this CD is a jewel in its self. The voices are mystical and haunting and at the same time so peaceful, each of the singers is so insync with the others. When listening to this CD, I feel like I am transported into a medieval abbey surrounded by gregorian chant. I have heard many gregorian chant albums and this is by far one of best, it had the richness and a haunting, beautiful quality that many of them lack.

mystery and fact

While I agree with the other reviewers that this is a fine recording, two precisions are necessary for the sake of accuracy. The disc is titled "Gregorian Chant" but in fact it is Mozarabic or Old Spanish Chant. The reviewer who wrote that the monks observe this rite is mistaken. The monks observe the same monastic rite as the monks of Solesmes and other Benedictine abbeys. The choir director at the time (1968), however, is a musicologist who prepared a special program of Old Spanish Chant for the historically based Archiv Produktion of Deutsche Grammophon.

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Mystery of Santo Domingo, chant

This is superb. The passion in the voices melts my heart...I can hear the longing for Christ in their voices. One of my all time favorites.

Of Interest

I purchased this version of the monks of Santo Dominto De Silos at the same time I bought the 2008 edition of the Gregorian chant by the Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz (Chant: Music for the Soul). While the effort of the Santo Domingo monks was highly praised when it was released, I fully understand why the version by the Cistercian monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz was so brightly hailed. The Spanish recording seems regimented, in contrast to that of the Austrian Cistercian monks of 2008, who seem quite sublime, un-regimented, and singing only in response to their devotion to God. Even so, this recording by the Spanish monks is clear, pure, and by the books; it is authentic. If you are interested in Gregorian chant, you should have a chant rendition of this style in your repetoire because these fellows deliver it in a style considered normal in the recording world before their performance was usurped for many by the Austrian monks.

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Tracks
Gregorian Chant From Spain: Prolegendum: Dominus regnavit | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Tractus: Vide, Domine et considera | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Lauda: Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonus est psalmus | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Preces: Ecclesiam sanctam catholicam | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Nomina offerentium: Per misericordiam tuam, Deus noster Deus noster | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Antiphona: Pacem meam do vobis | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Illatio: Introibo ad altare Dei mei | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Sanctus | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Post Sanctus: Vere sanctus, vere benedictus | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Credo | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Pater noster | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Ad confractionem panis: Gustate et videte | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Kyrie I | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Kyrie II | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Kyrie III | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Gloria | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Sacrificium: Offerte Domino | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Sanctus | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Agnus Dei I | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Agnus Dei II | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Antiphona: Statuit Dominus | Gregorian Chant From Spain: Lamentatio Ieremiae Prophetae: Ego vir videns

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