The Chants of Christmas - Gregorian Chant CD

By Gloriae Dei Cantores

Product Code: 9781612613772

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This Christmas, give the gift of music - the earliest, purest music of the church. Gregorian chant lifts us out of the ordinary stresses of life and invites us to contemplate the timeless and unchanging love of God. The Chants of Christmas presents some of the most beautiful Gregorian chants, including the Christmas Day Mass. Avoid the commercial frenzy of the season and enjoy this beautiful collection of peace and tranquility. This CD features the well known Introits: Dominus dixit and Puer natus, as well as the Christmas Day Mass and the Antiphons to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

PLAYLIST:

Introit: Hodie scietis

Gradual: Hodie scietis

Alleluia: Crastina die

Offertory: Tollite portas

Communion: Revelabitur

Introit: Dominus dixit

Gradual: Tecum principium

Alleluia: Dominus dixit

Offertory: Leatentur caeli

Communion: In splendoribus

Introit: Lux fulgebit

Gradual: Benedictus qui venit

Alleluia: Dominus regnavit

Offertory: Deus enim firmavit

Communion: Exsulta filia Sion

Introit: Puer natus esst nobis

Gradual: Viderunt omnes

Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus

Offertory: Tui sunt caeli

Communion: Viderunt omnes

PRAISE:

"This disc contains the Propers of the Masses for Christmas Day along with 8 Antiphons to the Blessed Virgin Mary...The Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola is...dedicated to singing Gregorian Chant. They have been singing plainchant regularly since 1976, both the daily Benedictine Monastic Offices and the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass. They sing in an admirably flexible manner with beautiful diction. "

— Music Web International