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This 2-CD set of Gregorian Chant by the Monks of Solesmes contains Christmas and Christmas: The Night Office. Since 1833, the research and study of Gregorian Chant by the Monks of the Abbey of St. Peter in Solesmes, France, has focused on making this sung form of prayer the finest possible offering for God, to whom it is addressed six times a day at the Abbey. In Christmas: The Night Office Vigils - the beautiful Gregorian chants of Vigils- the monks celebrate the birth of Jesus at the same time of night he was born in Bethlehem. In Christmas-Midnight Mass and Mass of the Day - included are Introits, Graduals, Alleluias, Offertories, Communions, Responses, Sequences, Hymns, and Tropes from the Midnight Mass and the Mass of the Day.

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Solesmes sets the standard for Gregorian chant performance. --American Record Guide The music is utterly magnificent and the singing of this great choir is thrilling beyond words...it's better to starve to this music than to live without it. --Classic CD Paraclete Press offers a superb list of outstanding Christian music which is magnificently performed by the monks of Solesmes. Each of these highly recommended exceptional recordings is flawlessly produced and showcases centuries of devotions, chants, celebrations, and the glorification of God. --Reviewer's Bookwatch Supremely ethereal. --USA Today The most famous and 'authentic' recordings of Gregorian chant for generations have been those made by the Solesmes monks. --The Boston Globe

Solesmes sets the standard for Gregorian chant performance. --American Record Guide Supremely ethereal. --USA Today The music is utterly magnificent and the singing of this great choir is thrilling beyond words...it's better to starve to this music than to live without it. --Classic CD The most famous and 'authentic' recordings of Gregorian chant for generations have been those made by the Solesmes monks. --The Boston Globe Paraclete Press offers a superb list of outstanding Christian music which is magnificently performed by the monks of Solesmes. Each of these highly recommended exceptional recordings is flawlessly produced and showcases centuries of devotions, chants, celebrations, and the glorification of God. --Reviewer's Bookwatch

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The Recorded Legacy of Solesmes Since the refounding of the monastery of St. Peter of Solesmes in 1833 under Dom Prosper Gueranger, this Benedictine monastery on the River Sarthe in western France has set the world standard both for performance of Gregorian chant and the authenticity of the music itself. Commissioned by Pope Pius X to research the role of chant in liturgy and to edit books on chant that reflect this research, Solesmes enjoys an enviable reputation. Its work in liturgical reform and in the current revival of Gregorian chant has been likened to that of the great abbey of Cluny in the Middle Ages. These recordings incorporate new understandings of ancient manuscripts and represent a distillation of nearly 200 years of scholarship in the chant: musical paleography, semiology, and modality. The groundbreaking work by the monks of Solesmes has contributed to today's resurgence of interest in Gregorian chant as the foundation of Western music. Paraclete Press is proud to be the North American distributor of the recordings of the monks of Solesmes. These recordings have won numerous prestigious international awards, including the Grand Prix du Disque, Deutsche Schallplatten Prize, Diapason d'Or, and the Edison Prize.

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