Gregorian Chant – World-Famous Recordings

Two all-time bestsellers on 1CD

Choir of the Carmelite Priory / John McCarthy

1. Responsories
2. Hymns
3. Antiphons
4. Gospel Tone
5. Laudes Seu Acclamationes
6. Gradual: Flores Apparuerunt
7. Alleluia · Communions
8. Antiphon · Ave Verum
9. Antiphonal Psalmody – Lumen Ad Revelationem · Nunc Dimittis
10. Mariam Antiphons – Alma Redemptoris ·Ave Regina Caelorum · Regina Caeli · Salve Regina

Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux

1. Adoro te devote – Hymnus in Honorem SS. Sacramenti
2. Ave verum Corpus – Sequentia in Honorem SS. Sacramenti
3. O salutaris Hostia – Hymnus in Honorem SS. Sacramenti
4. Te Deum – Hymnus
5. Salve Regina – Antiphona in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis
6. Magnificat – Tu es pastor ovium – Canticum et Antiphona
7. Lauda Sion: Nunc dimittis – Sequentia in Festo Corporis Christi

[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)