The liturgical seasons of Advent and Christmas contain some of the finest music of Western Christianity. Three Masses are celebrated, each one marking the progression of light, through sunrise, to the brilliance of full daylight.
Advent is a time of preparation, in the first place for the coming of Christ at Christmas, but also for his Second Coming on the Last Day, to judge the living and the dead. Both ideas are present here ranging from a simple unpretentious hymn composed in the 9th century to the well known Advent prose Rorate Caeli Desuper, a comparatively late chant.
A unique and seasonally different disc, performed by the renowned ensemble Pro Cantione Antiqua, world authorities in this field.
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1 |
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Conditor
Alme Siderum |
1:52 |
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2 |
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Rorate Caeli
Desuper |
4:19 |
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3 |
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O Sapientia |
4:36 |
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4 |
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Alma
Redemptoris Mater |
1:46 |
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5 |
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Ave Maria |
4:49 |
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6 |
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Christe Redemptor Omnium |
3:21 |
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7 |
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Hodie Nobis Caelorum Rex |
3:21 |
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8 |
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Puer
Natus Est Nobis |
2:30 |
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9 |
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Kyrie VIII |
1:31 |
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10 |
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Gloria
VIII |
2:32 |
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11 |
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Viderunt
Omnes and Alleluia Dies Sanctificatus |
6:21 |
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12 |
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Tui
Sunt Caeli |
1:58 |
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13 |
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Sanctus
VIII |
1:31 |
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14 |
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Agnus
Dei VIII |
1:21 |
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15 |
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Viderunt
Omnes |
0:41 |
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16 |
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Ite
Missa Est |
0:35 |
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17 |
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Verbum
Caro Factum Est |
1:58 |
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18 |
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Hodie
Christus Natus Est |
1:09 |
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19 |
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Video
Caelos Apertos |
1:15 |
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20 |
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Salvette
Flores Martyrum |
1:20 |
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21 |
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Hostis
Herodes |
2:48 |
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22 |
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Reges
Tharsis |
2:01 |
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23 |
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Tribus
Miraculus |
1:26 |
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24 |
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Ed Lumen ad Revelationem
Gentium |
1:38 |
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25 |
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Ed
Adorna Thalamum Tuum |
3:01 |
TT:
63:06 |
Review:
"...One of the best available: plainchant sung with great natural flair and sensitivity". The Church Time
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