Chant and such on Itunes

[Jacob21]

I’m looking to spend the rest of my itunes gift cards, and was curious if anyone knows any good CD’s or composers that are on itunes that do chant or traditional Catholic hymns.

 

[TBolt1000T]

The Cathedral Singers have a couple of great CD’s that you may be interested in. One of them, which I have, is called “Catholic Latin Classics.” It’s all polyphonic music, but it contains classics such as Samuel Webb’s setting of the Tantum Ergo, Franc’s setting of Panis Angelicus, Gregorio Allegri’s Adoremus In Aeternum, a couple ofAve Marias, and many other classics. The same choir has also recorded a CD of all Gregorian chants, but I can’t remember the name of it. Both of these were available on Napster a couple of years ago, so they should be available on ITunes.

If you’re into sacred polyphony, you can search ITunes for material by composers such as Palestrina, William Byrd, Gregorio Allegri, Hans Leo Hassler, and later composers such as Bach, Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Gounod, and others. Out of the later composers I mensioned, Edvard Grieg’s 8 voice setting of Ave Maris Stella is one of the most beautiful pieces of sacred polyphony I’ve ever heard, and it can be found on the “Catholic Latin Classics” CD.

Hope this helps!

 

[archangel04]

Chant music for the soul you won’t be dissapointed! I got it on Itunes as well.
Here is vide on them
youtube.com/watch?v=92YVt6y3Gfk

 

[OraLabora]

I’m looking to spend the rest of my itunes gift cards, and was curious if anyone knows any good CD’s or composers that are on itunes that do chant or traditional Catholic hymns.

Anything by the monks of Solesmes.

They also have a couple of complete offices: Sunday Vespers and Compline, in the monastic tradition.

There are some other nice chant recordings out there but Solesmes is sort of the “reference” when it comes to chant and chant interpretation.