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The Vespers of Christmas Eve
Traditional Gregorian Requiem Mass from Beuron Abbey, Germany
This is our second 1950's recording from the monks of Beuron Abbey
(see also Reqieum Mass, PACO006) and once again, the ages-old Gregorian
chant has been wonderfully captured.
Of that previous release, reviewer Robert Hugill at MusicWeb International commented thus:
The
German Abbey of Beuron lies on the south-west bank of Lake Laach, near
Andernach in the Rhineland. The abbey was originally founded in 1093 and
on the basis of this recording, must have had quite a thriving
community in 1954.
The choir sounds quite substantial and makes a
lovely, homogenous noise. Recordings of monastic communities from this
period have the advantage of combining the technological advances in
recordings, the technical facility of the monks themselves and their
continued familiarity with the daily round of the Latin Tridentine mass.
This latter would, of course, be disturbed as a result of the 2nd
Vatican Council.
Here the choir sounds wonderfully confident and
natural, as if they have been doing it all their lives. The acoustic is
well captured so that though the choral sound is focused and the
choir’s diction well captured, the resonance of the church itself is not
neglected. The result is very atmospheric...
Andrew Rose
TRADITIONAL GREGORIAN The Vespers of Christmas Eve
Recorded 6-7 November, 1952, released as Archiv AP 13005
Duration 30:37
- Psalmus 109, 110
- Psalmus 111, 112
- Lectio (Tit. 3, 4-5), Responsorium Breve
- Hymnus: Christe Redemptor Omnium
- Magnificat
- Pater Noster
- Oratio
- Antiphona: Beatae Mariae Virginis
The Monks' Choir of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin, Beuron
Conductor: Dr. Maurus Pfaff, O.S.B.
