SELECTIONS FOR THE NEW LISTENER

These four recordings offer a basic introduction to the modes of Gregorian chant.

Gregorian New Listener Package. You save 12% off purchase price when you order this package, which includes these CDs: Learning About Gregorian Chant, Gregorian Anthology, Mass of Christmas Day Vol. I, and Vespers & Compline for the Assumption. To buy this package, click here.

Details for the New Listener

• Learning About Gregorian Chant is a recent release from the Monks of Solesmes on Paraclete, and explains the history and development of Gregorian chant, as well as offering many examples.
• Gregorian Anthology offers a sample of over a dozen discs already issued on Paraclete. Thus it provides an overview of the catalog, and of Gregorian chant compositions spanning the Mass and Daily Office as well as the feasts of the liturgical year. Specifically for chant of the Daily Office and the Feast, are the following two recordings.
• The Christmas Mass of the Day sung by The Choralschola of Dusseldorf provides a recording of the Mass for a major and favorite feast of the year.
• First Vespers and Compline sung by the nuns of Mariendonk Abbey rounds out this introductory offering with a complete liturgical office (The Assumption) to the Virgin.

These selections focus on the Mass Propers, most authentic repertory of Gregorian chant that were originally sung before A.D. 700, and include the Feast of Easter.

Gregorian Intermediate Listener Package. You save 12% off purchase price when you order this package, which includes these CDs: Introitus, Offertorium, The Church Sings Her Saints Vol I, and The Chants of Easter. To buy this package, click here.

Details for the Intermediate Listener

• Introitus Choralschola of Dusseldorf sings a selection of chants of the Introit illustrating several ways of singing them.
• Offertorium Choralschola of Dusseldorf sings a selection of chants of the Offertory illustrating several ways of singing them.
• Alleluia Choralschola of Dusseldorf sings a selection of chants of the Allelulia illustrating several ways of singing them.
• The Chants of Easter Gloria Dei Cantores Schola sings all of the Chants of Easter in a beautiful rendition of all the Proper chants of the Masses for Easter and the days of Easter week. The most important feast of the liturgical year is amply represented here.

These selections focus on the later Medieval chants for the Ordinary of the Mass and provide all the chants found in modern editions such as Liber Usualis and Graduale Romanum, as well as an introduction to Old Roman Chant�the earliest form of Western liturgical chant.

Gregorian Advanced Listener Package. You save 12% off purchase price when you order this package, which includes these CDs: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei, and Old Roman Liturgical Chants. To buy this package, click here.

Details for the Advanced Listener

• Kyrie Choralschola of Dusseldorf sings a selection of different formats and settings of the Kyrie.
• Gloria Choralschola of Dusseldorf sings a selection of different formats and settings of the Gloria.
• Sanctus and Agnus Dei Choralschola of Dusseldorf sings a selection of different formats and settings of the Sanctus and Agnus Dei.
• Old Roman Liturgical Chants Schola Hungarica provides a superb introduction to Old Roman Chant via a program that traces a pilgrim�s journey through the city of Rome, using chants appropriate to each church or other site.