Any lovers of chant?

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Over the last couple of years I’ve developed an enthusiasm for recordings of various types of liturgical chant. Not only Gregorian chant, but other types such as the music of St. Hildegard of Bingen (who incidentally was canonized and declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI) and liturgical chant of the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches, as well as alternate forms of Western chant such as Mozarabic and Milanese (or Ambrosian) chant.

Some of the best recordings of these various types of chant are out of print, and it can require patience and diligent searching to find copies at reasonable prices. However I’ve found it worth while.

Just wondering if anyone else on these forums has an interest in this type of music.

God bless.
 
louisak said:
Over the last couple of years I’ve developed an enthusiasm for recordings of various types of liturgical chant. Not only Gregorian chant, but other types such as the music of St. Hildegard of Bingen (who incidentally was canonized and declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI) and liturgical chant of the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches, as well as alternate forms of Western chant such as Mozarabic and Milanese (or Ambrosian) chant.

Some of the best recordings of these various types of chant are out of print, and it can require patience and diligent searching to find copies at reasonable prices. However I’ve found it worth while.

Just wondering if anyone else on these forums has an interest in this type of music.

God bless.
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Yes!

There are many recording here for the Byzantine Catholic Church, both in English and Church Slavonic, of the Simple Chant (Prostopije) which is a descendant of the ancient znammeny chant:

mci.archpitt.org/RecordedMusic.html
 
Back when the “Chant” CD by the St. Silos monks was a Thing, I bought it and would set it up to play on repeat all night. It may have . . . ahem . . . had some influence on my coming into the Church some years later.
 
DaveBj said:
Back when the “Chant” CD by the St. Silos monks was a Thing, I bought it and would set it up to play on repeat all night. It may have . . . ahem . . . had some influence on my coming into the Church some years later.
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May? I regularly listen to chant, when I feel like anti-Catholic spirits are in the air. My mother said that it is repellent.

As well as a bunch of downloaded albums, I have U-tube set to “Gregorian Chant” on my tabs. Thank you Vico, that is saved to bookmarks.

I also have some chant in South African-style harmony. 👍
 
I have a myriad of CDs. Very relaxing & soothing to listen to when stressed out. I’m partial to the Gregorian chant.
 
louisak said:
Over the last couple of years I’ve developed an enthusiasm for recordings of various types of liturgical chant. Not only Gregorian chant, but other types such as the music of St. Hildegard of Bingen (who incidentally was canonized and declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI) and liturgical chant of the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches, as well as alternate forms of Western chant such as Mozarabic and Milanese (or Ambrosian) chant.

Some of the best recordings of these various types of chant are out of print, and it can require patience and diligent searching to find copies at reasonable prices. However I’ve found it worth while.

Just wondering if anyone else on these forums has an interest in this type of music.

God bless.
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Similar to other posters…being Gregorian Chant - I have a ‘Salve Regina’ CD by the monks at Clervaux. Also, a CD of ‘Compline and other chant’, sung/prayed by the monks of Prinknash Abbey and nuns of Stanbrook Abbey.

There is also a lot to find of various kinds on YouTube.
 
Try plainsong yourself during your prayer time. He/she who sings, prays twice.
 
venite_adoremus said:
Try plainsong yourself during your prayer time. He/she who sings, prays twice.
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👍

I love to sing the chants as part of my prayer. I do have the advantage of having lived as a member of a monastic community for over two years. 😃 Of course, that was 30 years ago. :o

For those who enjoy singing – ability notwithstanding – I highly encourage you to learn some of the “standards” of chant, such as the Marian antiphons (e.g., Salve Regina), hymns (e.g., Veni Creator Spiritus, Pange Lingua), or short parts of the Divine Office (e.g., Nunc Dimittis from Compline and its antiphon).
 
I listened to Chant often back in the day. Veni Creator Spiritu was one of my favorites. Sometimes even now I’ll listen to Gregorian and Byzantine Chant on youtube when i want to listen to something peaceful.
 
Jerusha said:
May? I regularly listen to chant, when I feel like anti-Catholic spirits are in the air. My mother said that it is repellent.

As well as a bunch of downloaded albums,** I have U-tube set to “Gregorian Chant”** on my tabs. Thank you Vico, that is saved to bookmarks.
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Now I have a Gregorian Chant channel on my Pandora subscription
I also have some chant in South African-style harmony. 👍
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Cool!
 
Chant lover here. 🙂 I hope Gregorian chant continues to spread far and wide across the Catholic world, considering the fact that it is the official music for the Latin Rite liturgy.

I hope to see the day that it is sung every Sunday in the majority of Catholic parishes.
 
The FSSP actually put out a Gregorian Chant album titled “Requiem.” Surprisingly it topped the Billboard music charts in Classical Music. I have and it is awesome!

I too am partial to the Mozarabic and Eastern styles of Chant.
 
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The FSSP actually put out a Gregorian Chant album titled “Requiem.” Surprisingly it topped the Billboard music charts in Classical Music. I have and it is awesome!.
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I’ll check it out. I attended an fssp mass about ten years ago and it was beautiful.
 
Michael_Mayo said:
How about Anonymous 4?

anonymous4.com/
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Yes. Their sound is remarkable; it’s a bit trite to praise a choir by saying they sound angelic - but in this case it’s really true.

In general I prefer recordings done by church choirs or monastic choirs - recordings of chant done by professional, secular ensembles don’t usually have the same impact for me. The music of Anonymous 4 is an exception.

The other major exception that comes to mind is “A Feather on the Breath of God”, a recording of the music of St. Hildegard done by the Gothic Voices. I never tire of listening to that.
 
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