Quietude - Gregorian Chant

Multi (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 7, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000000SOP
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #513,620 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Conditior alme siderum

2. Nator canunt omnia

3. Cum natus esset Jesus

4. Lumen ad Relevationem + Nunc dimittis

5. Mitti ad virginem

6. O redemptor sume carmen

7. Surrexit dominus vere

8. Ad coenam agni providi

9. Veni sancte spiritus

10. Kyrie fons bonitatis

11. Aeterne rerum conditor

12. Te deum laudamus

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best cd of Gregorian Chant, September 24, 2008

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anonymous one (Ann Arbor, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quietude - Gregorian Chant (Audio CD)

I have owned the LP of this since it came out decades ago and am thrilled to find it in CD form. Yes, it may be marketed as relaxation music, but it is some of the most beautifully performed Gregorian Chant that I know; listeners need to jump over the PR spin to get to the original intent, which was described on the LP as: "Gregorian Chant: Hymns, Sequences, Responsories, ca. 400-1400". By the way, if you have ever seen the PBS/BBC series "Civilisation" by Kenneth Clark from the 1970s, these are the performances he uses in his segments on the Middle Ages. So, forget the "new age" packaging--this is serious music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, November 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Quietude - Gregorian Chant (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful cd at an excellent price! My favorite chant cd! Warning, if you buy this cd you'll be on a constant quest to find others just as good, which is very difficult. A definite must-buy, very peaceful and melodic.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK Gregorian chants, November 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Quietude - Gregorian Chant (Audio CD)

This is a re-release of an album recorded in the 1960s, and is basically a knockoff of "Chant." Ironically, the quality of the performance (specifically the articulation) is better than "Chant". The recording, however, is pretty c****y; it sounds as if one of the microphones was cutting in and out during some of the session. Also, I have some issues with the idea of hawking Gregorian chants as relaxation music. That should be reserved for recordings of crickets or of waves breaking on the beach, not for music with sacred texts.