Blessings, Peace and Harmony

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All Music Guide - Stephen Eddins
Blessings, Peace and Harmony is an album of chant sung by the Monks of the Desert, an ensemble consisting of Brothers from the Benedictine Monastery of Christ in the Desert, based in Albiquiu, NM. The 2012 release is made up of tracks recorded over a period of 15 years. The thing that sets this album apart from the dozens of recordings of similar repertoire that purport to induce tranquility in the listener is the fact that the performances are genuinely effective and affecting, and it might have come closer than most in realizing its contemplative intent if not for the mediocre sound quality. The Monks convey an unselfconscious, unstressed attitude and don't seem at all...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Stephen Eddins
Blessings, Peace and Harmony is an album of chant sung by the Monks of the Desert, an ensemble consisting of Brothers from the Benedictine Monastery of Christ in the Desert, based in Albiquiu, NM. The 2012 release is made up of tracks recorded over a period of 15 years. The thing that sets this album apart from the dozens of recordings of similar repertoire that purport to induce tranquility in the listener is the fact that the performances are genuinely effective and affecting, and it might have come closer than most in realizing its contemplative intent if not for the mediocre sound quality. The Monks convey an unselfconscious, unstressed attitude and don't seem at all troubled by, or even especially aware of being observed in their daily worship. Blessings, Peace and Harmony may not have the flawless precision of similar albums, but the singers' serenity is infectious and just might inspire a mood of relaxed meditation. Most of the singers are not professionally trained and the group has the sound of disciplined and musically sensitive amateur choir. The voices are pleasant and the group maintains a smooth blend. The chants are all unison, and usually the intonation is secure but there are occasional instances of differing opinions about the pitch. Most of the tracks sound not like a professional musical performance, but like the work of an unpretentious real-life choir that is going about its business of devotional observance, and the listener is privileged to eavesdrop on their very private worship, warts various stray notes and the ancillary sounds of moving about and turning pages and all. The listener who doesn't expect perfection in either performance or engineering and who approaches the CD with this awareness may very well be transported. A drawback is that the engineering for the release seems to have been minimal; the varying ambience and volume level between tracks is a distraction, and some tracks are just plain noisy.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/24/2012
  • Label: Masterworks
  • UPC: 886979020429
  • Catalog Number: 790204
  • Sales rank: 27,895

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Alma Redemptoris Mater, antiphon - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (2:21)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  2. 2 Salve Regina, antiphon in mode 1 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (2:42)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  3. 3 Salve Mater, canticum in mode 5 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:56)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  4. 4 Ave mundi spes Maria, sequence in modes 7 & 8 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (4:20)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  5. 5 Stabat Mater, sequence - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (5:10)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  6. 6 Kyrie IV - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (1:42)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  7. 7 Gloria IX in 7th mode, GR. 742 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:14)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  8. 8 Sanctus IV - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (1:26)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  9. 9 Agnus Dei IV - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (1:05)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  10. 10 Rorate caeli - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (4:42)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  11. 11 Puer natus est nobis, introit in mode 7 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (6:03)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  12. 12 Parce Domine - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:54)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  13. 13 O filii et filiae - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (2:58)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  14. 14 Salve festa dies, hymn in mode 4 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (5:18)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  15. 15 Kyrie III, in mode 4 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:07)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  16. 16 Gloria III, in mode 8 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:17)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  17. 17 Sanctus III, for the Ordinary in mode 4 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (1:38)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  18. 18 Agnus Dei III, mode 4, GR 724 - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (1:54)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  19. 19 Confitemini, alleluia in mode 8 for Easter - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (2:57)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  20. 20 Alleluia. Vir Dei benedictus - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:25)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  21. 21 Justus germinabit, alleluia in mode 1, (Liber Usualis, 1192) - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:01)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  22. 22 De profundis clamavi, offertory in mode 2 (Liber Usualis No. 1076; GR 388) - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:02)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
  23. 23 Allelulia. Paratum cor meum, Alleluia, III - Gregorian Chant & Gregorian Chant (3:22)
    Composed byGregorian Chant, Gregorian Chant
    Performed byMonks of the Desert
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