Description
Two all-time bestsellers on 1CD |
Choir of the Carmelite Priory / John McCarthy |
1 Responsories 12:49 |
2 Hymns 8:23 |
3 Antiphons 3:10 |
4 Gospel Tone 1:25 |
5 Laudes Seu Acclamationes 3:02 |
6 Gradual: Flores Apparuerunt 2:50 |
7 Alleluia · Communions 6:34 |
8 Antiphon · Ave Verum 3:59 |
9 Antiphonal Psalmody – Lumen Ad Revelationem · Nunc Dimittis 2:20 |
10 Mariam Antiphons – Alma Redemptoris · |
Ave Regina Caelorum · Regina Caeli · Salve Regina 6:09 |
Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of |
Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux |
11 Adoro te devote – Hymnus in Honorem SS. Sacramenti 4:15 |
12 Ave verum Corpus – Sequentia in Honorem SS. Sacramenti 1:33 |
13 O salutaris Hostia – Hymnus in Honorem SS. Sacramenti 1:20 |
14 Te Deum – Hymnus 5:54 |
15 Salve Regina – Antiphona in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis 2:48 |
16 Magnificat – Tu es pastor ovium – Canticum et Antiphona 3:36 |
17 Lauda Sion: Nunc dimittis – Sequentia in Festo Corporis Christi 6:48 |
[Carmelite Priory] “(with notes providing the music’s spiritual and ecclesiastical background) there is one collection that stands out from all others … this beautifully sung and excellently recorded anthology is the finest introduction to plainsong. … extra variety of tone is provided by female voices as well as male … McCarthy directs the singing with dedication and authority” (Penguin Guide ROSETTE ! recording) [Clervaux] “This should gladden the heart of anyone who has paid a visit to Clervaux and heard those popular summer chants, sung festively with distant bells. Anyone who hankers after the straightforward sound of a working monastic choir, well groomed in the style of ‘Old Solesmes’, should enjoy this record.” (Gramophone)