The Sistine Chapel Choir in Concert at the Vatican

John Francis Wade (Composer), Josquin Desprez (Composer), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Cristobal de Morales (Composer), Luca Marenzio (Composer), Filippine (Composer), Lorenzo Perosi (Composer), Domenico Bartolucci (Composer), Gregorian Chant (Composer), Anglican Chant (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Francis Wade, Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Christmas Traditional, Anonymous, et al.
• Audio CD (September 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Madacy Records
• ASIN: B000000L0L
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)

2. Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts

3. Surge illuminare Jerusalem, motet for 8 voices (from Motets Book III)

4. Hodie Christus natus est

5. Benedictus Qui Venti - Hosanna

6. Pastores Dicite, motet for 4 voices (Liturgy of the Nativity)

7. Innocentes pro Christo occisi sunt, motet for 4 voices (Motectorum pro festis totius anni cum Communi Sanctorum)

8. Sopra Il Fieno Colcato

9. Dio S'ei Fatto Fanciullo

10. Cantate Domine, motet for 6 voices

11. Christus Est Qui Natus Hodie

12. Dies santificatus, motet for 4 voices

13. Improperium, offertory for 5 voices (from Complete Offertories)

14. Tenebrae

15. Ave Maria, Verginee Fiore

16. Rorate caeli desuper, introit in mode 4 for the 4th Sunday in Advent

17. Victimae paschali laudes, sequence in mode 1 for Easter (1. T/GR 198, Liber Usualis No. 780)

18. Vexilla regis ('King's Insignia')

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor recording quality, May 9, 2000

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Tom Sherohman (Columbia Heights, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sistine Chapel Choir in Concert at the Vatican (Audio CD)

Even considering the low price, you should think twice before ordering this CD. The sound is muddy throughout, and distorted during the louder passages. There is no indication when this live recording was made, but it is well below the quality we've now come to expect.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This would be good if you could hear it, May 28, 2005

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christie311 (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Sistine Chapel Choir in Concert at the Vatican (Audio CD)

This is such a bad recording. I was so excited to hear this but i't very hard to hear it. I'm sure it would be beautiful but I can't stand to listen to a whole song. It's a shame to say but I wouldn't buy this album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What was this recorded with?, June 23, 2007

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T. Curro (Angang, S. Korea) - See all my reviews
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It sounds like it was recorded with a cheap hand-held cassette recorder with the batteries running down! There are sneezes and coughs and it was mastered at the wrong speed! If you MUST have this, I suggest ripping it to your hard drive and then running software such as Adobe Audition. Remove the noise, add some extra equalization, and transpose the entire thing up by 2-4 semitones depending on the piece, in resample mode, so that the length of each passage is shortened by the same amount that the pitch goes up. It should sound like boys and men singing, not demons and post-menopausal women with sore throats. It almost sounds halfway decent then.