The Chants of Angels: Gregorian Chant

Name: The Chants of Angels: Gregorian Chant
Brand: Paraclete Press
SKU: 259257
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By: Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola

Paraclete Press / 2011 / Compact disc

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Product Description

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No matter what our faith or walk of life, our belief in angels and longing for their protection binds all of humanity together. May the prayers changed here bring reassurance of the love of God in sending these guardians and messengers to His people.

Product Information

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Title: The Chants of Angels: Gregorian Chant
By: Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola
Format: Compact disc
Vendor: Paraclete Press
Publication Date: 2011

Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 1557259259
ISBN-13: 9781557259257
UPC: 709887005121
Stock No: WW259257

Publisher's Description

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Celebrating these heavenly guardians and guides, The Chants of Angels is relaxing, peaceful, uplifting. Using the ancient melodies and texts of the early church, each Gregorian chant depicts a new aspect or story of the angels. From our most intimate plea to the angels for aid, to the great announcement made by the Archangel Gabriel, The Chants of Angels surrounds the listener with these songs of prayer and comfort. Great for driving, background music, or quiet meditation.

“Be transported to a timeless place of eternal beauty.” — Kansas City Star

Author Bio

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Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola is dedicated to the singing and study of Gregorian chant. Its expertise and experience come from daily chanting of the Liturgy of the Hours as well as the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. The Schola also conducts chant workshops and performs in concert with Gloriae Dei Cantores. Years of study with Dr. Mary Berry, CBE, founder of the Schola Gregoriana in Cambridge, England, and the monks of St. Peters Abbey in Solesmes, France, also contribute to the Schola's passion for Gregorian chant as a vibrant and living form of sung prayer. Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola has been critically acclaimed in both Europe and the United States for its proper regard for rhythmic flexibility and its sensitivity to both musical and textural phrase.

"Expert renditions of Gregorian Chant." New York Times

"Gregorian chant sung in authentic style...absolute fluency and authority." -Gramophone

"The singing is excellent... an inescapable beauty that envelopes the ears and transports the senses." -Audiophile Audition

"Other-worldly...elegantly overpowering." -In Tune Magazine

Editorial Reviews

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"I’ve been writing about the angels for many years. When I listen to The Chants of Angels, I feel as if I’m that much closer to my heavenly subject matter. This music is glorious." — Mike Aquilina, author, Angels of God and A Year with the Angels

"Not even the most seasoned monastic group delivers it better than the Gloriæ Dei Cantores Schola." —American Record Guide

"While I have always approved the schola's chant recordings, [this] disc attains a new height of excellence, the best chant singing of any American choir."
—Fanfare

"I am so happy that the Cantores have embraced audiophile surround sound as it adds a whole new dimension to their already generally superb recorded legacy. . . . The voices on this recording infiltrate the room, flooding it with an inescapable beauty that envelops the ears and transports the senses. . . . a living and vibrant faith, and one hears this in every syllable of the Cantores' singing. . . .The full texts and translations, along with little blurbs to guide us along the journey, are tasteful in the extreme and colorfully done in a premium presentation effort."
—Steven Ritter, Audiophile Audition