Performer: Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus
Conductor: Stan Hollaardt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Brilliant
Catalogue: 93790
Release: 2009
Size: 330 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Media vita
02. Regem cui
03. Qui Vivis
04. Sitivit
05. Credo quod redemptor
06. A porta inferi
07. Qui lacrimatus
08. Si iniquitates
09. Placebo Domino
10. Requiem aeternam
11. Kyrie eleison
12. Requiem aeternam, Pt. I
13. Requiem aeternam, Pt. II
14. Absolve, Domine
15. Domine Iesu Christe
16. Sanctus
17. Agnus Dei
18. Lux aeterna
19. Subvenite
20. Libera me, Domine, de viis
21. In paradisum
22. Ego sum resurrectio
23. Aperite mihi
24. Dies irae
The Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus in Nijmegen was founded in 1988. The Schola aims to promote the authentic performance of Gregorian chant as a valuable cultural and liturgical heritage. It mainly relies on the achievements of the studies of the early-medieval manuscripts, as they were taken up in the 19th century by the monks of Solesmes (France) and have been continued there and at other places.
Several scholarly sources have been consulted to compile this fascinating collection of chants concerned with the central tenets of Christian faith. The result maybe both deeply satisfying for those experienced in singing and listening to chant, and powerfully affecting for those to whom Gregorian chant represents simply a timeless beauty and spiritual resource. The starting-point of these performances is the semiology – a study of the signs (neumes) as mentioned in the manuscripts at the top of the texts.These provide little accurate information about the melody, but all the more about the essential flow of the rhythm that must be practised in the singing. The Schola Kantorum Karolus Magnus gives concerts across Europe at significant musical festivals, especially those concerned with liturgical performance.
This release will capture the imagination of all those who are interested in Gregorian Chant as a living but timeless tradition.