Spiritual Chants

Monsignor Guiseppe Biella (Orchestra), Josef Schabasser (Artist), Choir of the Vienna Hofburgkapelle (Artist), Choir of the Polifonica Ambrosiana (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Monsignor Guiseppe Biella
• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Special Music
• ASIN: B000009KMS
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,806 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Introit in mode 8 for the 1st Sunday in Advent: Introit for the First Sunday in Advent, Mode 8

2. Work(s): Introit for the Fourth Sunday in Advent, Mode 4

3. Work(s): Communion for the Third Sunday in Advent, Mode 7

4. Work(s): Introit for the Third Sunday in Advent, Mode 1

5. Work(s): Offertory for the Fourth Sunday in Advent, Mode 8

6. Work(s): Hymn for Christmas Vespers, Mode 1

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Work(s): Introit for Easter Sunday, Mode 4

2. Work(s): Gradual for Easter Sunday, Mode 2

3. Work(s): Alleluia for Easter Sunday, Mode 7

4. Work(s): Sequence for Easter Sunday, Mode 1

5. Work(s): Offertory for Easter Sunday, Mode 4

6. Work(s): Communion for Easter Sunday, Mode 6

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Te laudant angeli, responsory

2. Asperges me - miserere mei, Deus

3. Jam surgit hora tertia

4. Videns Dominus

5. Divinae pacis, prayer

6. Lectio libri apocalipsis

See all 35 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars real chants but low fidelity or previously released material, July 1, 2009

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E. Mafi "Memento Mori" (Long Beach CA) - See all my reviews
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There's a lot of chant for your money, especially if you buy it used. These are real Gregorian chants, and the Ambrosian Polyphonic choir seems live in liturgy, but it's incredibly low fidelity, if that matters. Also annoying is the labeling by Mass and Mass part, without the Latin title.

The Vienna Hofburgkapelle discs (2) are better recordings, but they are reissues of previously released materials (on "Mystical Chants," etc.). I tried to match songs on my itunes because I am well aware of this tendency to repackage and rename old chant collections and sell them as new releases, but those discs were changed in track order.

If you don't have these recordings, they are highly recommended as pure Gregorian chant. The Ambrosian disc has mixed and alternating male and female voices.