Chant from New Camaldoli Hermitage
|
From New Camaldoli Hermitage
O DAY OF RESURRECTION
Liturgy of the Hours for Sunday
Enter into the peace of New Camaldoli Hermitage. Recorded within the splendid acoustics of the chapel at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California, this new collection of chant draws the listener into the peace of the monastery with its simple and meditative tones.
The Liturgy of the Hours for Sunday's 27 hymns, prayers and psalms -- most of them chanted in English -- follow the community's singing of the Sunday Liturgy of the Hours, including Vigils, Lauds, Vespers and Compline, which closes with the traditional Salve Regina in a Gregorian mode.
The 22 Camaldolese Benedictine monks perform a style of plainsong, or a cappella chant, that is based on Gregorian chant, but with variations that are unique to the community. Because of their ties to eastern monasticism, they also employ some chants based on the Byzantine style in two and three part harmony, such as in the opening "Trisagion: Holy God" and in the exquisite "Our Father," a beautiful arrangement of a Rimsky-Korsakov composition.
27 selections
For a track list and audio samples (using your Windows Media Player), select the MORE PRODUCT INFO tab below.
|
|
|
