Chant II (album)

For the 2008-11 recordings, see Heiligenkreuz Abbey.
Chant II
Studio album by Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos
Released October 17, 1995 (1995-10-17)
Recorded 1970s[1]
Genre Gregorian chant
Label Angel
Producer Maria Francisca Bonmati
Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos chronology
Chant
(1994)		 Chant II
(1995)		 Chant III
(1996)

Chant II is a 1995 album of Gregorian chant, performed by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos in Burgos, Spain. It is a follow-up to the 1994 release Chant, the best-selling album of Gregorian chant. Like the first album, it included material which had been recorded by the monks some years previously.

Performers

The monks of Santo Domingo de Silos have been singing Gregorian chant since the 11th century (before that, they used Mozarabic chant). In the nineteenth century the French monks of Solesmes Abbey played a part in the reestablishment of Santo Domingo de Silos after the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal. The Solesmes style of singing plainsong has influenced the Spanish monks.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reviewers had expressed surprise at the success of the first album. Not only had Gregorian chant had been a specialist market for record companies before the 1980s but also other choirs were probably technically better in this repertoire (for example the monks of Solesmes issued some notable recordings in the 1960s).[2] However, by the time Chant II was released the monks of Silos had eclipsed their rivals in terms of sales.

AllMusic gave Chant II a poorer rating than the first album, because of inferior sound quality.

Related albums

Chant II was not the first follow-up to Chant, as Chant Noël: Chants For The Holiday Season was released 1 November 1994.[3] Chant II was followed by Chant III on 17 September 1996.[4]

In 2004, Chant was re-issued along with Chant II as Chant: The Anniversary Edition by Angel/EMI Classics.

In popular culture

Track listing

  1. "Da Pacem, Domine": Introit
  2. "Haec Dies Quam Fecit Dominus": Gradual
  3. "Victimae Paschali Laudes": Sequence
  4. "Alleluia. Vir Dei Benedictus": Alleluia
  5. "Kyrie, Fons Bonitatis": Trope
  6. "Quam Magnificata Sunt Opera Tua Domine": Responsory
  7. "Ut Queant Laxis Resonare Fibris": Hymn in honour of St John the Baptist
  8. "Cibavit Eos Ex Adipe Furmenti: Introit"
  9. "Oculi Omnium In Te Sperant: Gradual"
  10. "Spirtus Domini Replevit Orbem Terrarum: Introit"
  11. "Alleluia. Veni Sancte Spiritus: Alleluia"
  12. "Os Justi Meditabitur Sapientiam: Gradual"
  13. Kyrie "Lux Et Origo"
  14. "Gloria In Excelsis Deo"
  15. "Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth"
  16. "Agnus Dei, Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi"
  17. "Ave Mundi Spes Maria: Sequence"
  18. "Media Vita In Morte Sumus": Responsory
  19. "Salve, Regina, Mater Misericordiae: Antiphon"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Chant II (album) at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  2. 1 2 "Selective Chant Discography". The Gregorian Association. London. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Chant Noël at Amazon.com
  4. ↑ Chant III at Amazon.com
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