Gregorian Book of Silos

Gregorian Chant (Composer), Anonymous (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Gregorian Chant, Anonymous
• Audio CD (April 4, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Jade Records
• ASIN: B00004RBZH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,423 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dies irae, dies illa, sequence in Mode 1

2. Requiem Mass: Introitus: Requiem aeternam (Mode 6) / Kyrie (Mode 6)

3. Requiem Mass: Tractus: Absolve, Domine (Mode 8)

4. Requiem Mass: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe (Mode 2)

5. Requiem Mass: Sanctus & Benedictus

6. Requiem Mass: Agnus Dei

7. Requiem Mass: Communio: Lux aeterna luceat eis (Mode 8)

8. Requiem Mass: Responsorium: Libera me, Domine (Mode 1)

9. Requiem Mass: Antiphona: Ego sum resurrectio et via (Mode 2 d)

10. Mass XI, Orbis factor: Kyrie (Mode 1)

11. Mass XI, Orbis factor: Gloria (Mode 2)

12. Mass XI, Orbis factor: Credo III (Mode 5)

13. Mass XI, Orbis factor: Sanctus & Benedictus (Mode 2)

14. Mass XI, Orbis factor: Agnus Dei (Mode 1)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Silos, June 23, 2008

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J. Edward Mcauliffe, III (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gregorian Book of Silos (Audio CD)

Perhaps the most wonderful chant CD ever! If you are a fan of Gregorian Chant and/or the monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, this CD is sure to please. Having listened to most of their albums, I have to say that this is probably the best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great deal for 2 CD of 1955 chant, March 25, 2010

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E. Mafi "Memento Mori" (Long Beach CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gregorian Book of Silos (Audio CD)

I got this used, but there are 2 CDs. CD 1 is as listed by amazon above: The Liturgy of the Dead / Requiem Mass (Traditional EF), followed by Mass XI <<Orbis Factor>> (for Sundays throughout the year).

CD 2 has 6 Antiphons, Canticles, or Hymns to the Blessed Virgin, the propers for Mass IX <<Cum Iubilo>> (Blessed Virgin Mary), and finishes with 6 Eucharistic chants, two of which I have never found elsewhere in my hundreds of chant albums (this is particularly nice since chant albums tend to recycle the same popular songs while routinely neglecting various hard to find chants).

The original recording is said to be 1955, before the changes (3 threes in the Kyries, etc.). A later (1963?) recording of the Cum Jubilo was already on their "Soul of Chant."

A great, sedate recording if you can take the organ accompaniment, which is relatively prominent and has a hypnotic, droning effect I have never heard on a chant CD before; it is interesting if only for its novelty, but it enhances the CDs meditative quality. The insert is a flimsy 2 pager without the lyrics, translations, notes, etc. one expects (and gets) with finer classical chant recordings.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gregorian Book of Silos, January 12, 2007

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D. Delaplain (Reno nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gregorian Book of Silos (Audio CD)

Great CD. My wife and I listen to it almost daily. We even use it for prayer sessions. Also the product was in perfect condition and and was as advertised. We're totaly satified.