Gregorian Chant - Carmelite Priory; Clervaux Abbey

[Carmelite Priory] “(with notes providing the music’s spiritual and ecclesiastical background) there is one collection that stands out from all others … this beautifully sung and excellently recorded anthology is the finest introduction to plainsong. … extra variety of tone is provided by female voices as well as male … McCarthy directs the singing with dedication and authority” (Penguin Guide ROSETTE recording)

[Clervaux] “This should gladden the heart of anyone who has paid a visit to Clervaux and heard those popular summer chants, sung festively with distant bells. Anyone who hankers after the straightforward sound of a working monastic choir, well groomed in the style of ‘Old Solesmes’, should enjoy this record.” (Gramophone)

Choir of the Carmelite Priory / John McCarthy
1 Responsories 12:49
2 Hymns 8:23
3 Antiphons 3:10
4 Gospel Tone 1:25
5 Laudes Seu Acclamationes 3:02
6 Gradual: Flores Apparuerunt 2:50
7 Alleluia · Communions 6:34
8 Antiphon · Ave Verum 3:59
9 Antiphonal Psalmody – Lumen Ad Revelationem · Nunc Dimittis 2:20
10 Mariam Antiphons – Alma Redemptoris ·
Ave Regina Caelorum · Regina Caeli · Salve Regina 6:09

Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of
Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux
11 Adoro te devote – Hymnus in Honorem SS. Sacramenti 4:15
12 Ave verum Corpus – Sequentia in Honorem SS. Sacramenti 1:33
13 O salutaris Hostia – Hymnus in Honorem SS. Sacramenti 1:20
14 Te Deum – Hymnus 5:54
15 Salve Regina – Antiphona in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis 2:48
16 Magnificat – Tu es pastor ovium – Canticum et Antiphona 3:36
17 Lauda Sion: Nunc dimittis – Sequentia in Festo Corporis Christi 6:48