Gregorian Chant - Early recordings

Gregorian Chant - Early recordings
Gregorian chants recorded between 1928 and 1936
Various performers
Parnassus PACD 96015 / 16 [CDx2]

Contents:

    CD-1

    Gregorian
  1. Ordinary: Credo IV (1), LU 71
  2. Offertory « Terra tremuit / v. Et factus est (4) » [LU 781a] Ott 55
  3. Ordinary: Sanctus I (4), LU 18a
  4. Ordinary: Agnus Dei (4), LU 18b
  5. Preface of the Blessed Virgin, Missale Romanum
  6. Ordinary: Sanctus X (4), LU 45a
  7. Ordinary: Agnus Dei X (4), LU 45b
  8. Communion: « Gloriosa (8) » LU 1319a
  9. Ordinary: Ite IX (1), LU 43a
  10. Antiphon: « Alma Redemptoris (5) » LU 273
  11. Antiphon: « Regina caeli (6) » LU 275
  12. Antiphon: « Ave Regina caelorum (6) » LU 274
    13. fa
  13. Antiphon: « Salve Regina (5) » LU 279
  14. Rorate caeli (I), LU 1868b
  15. Attende Domine (5), LU 1872b
  16. Alleluia « Confitemini Domino (8) », LU 759
  17. Antiphon « Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (6) », LU 761a
  18. Antiphon « Vespere autem Sabbati (8) », LU 761b
  19. Gradual « Haec dies (2) », LU 778b
  20. Alleluia « without verse (7) », LU 779
  21. Sequence « Victimae paschali (1) », LU 780
  22. Introit « Dominus dixit (2) », LU 392
  23. Communion « In splendoribus (6) », LU 395a
  24. Introit « Puer natus est (7) », LU 408
  25. Antiphon: « Asperges me (7) », LU 11
  26. Kyrie IX (1), LU 40b
  27. Sanctus IX (5), LU 42a
  28. Antiphon « Salve Regina (5) », LU 279
  29. Alleluia « Veni Sancte (2) », LU 880a
  30. Sequence « Veni Sancte Spiritu (1) », LU 880b
  31. Antiphon « Miserere mihi (8) » / Ps 133, LU 264
  32. Hymn « Te lucis ante, (8) », LU 266c
  33. Antiphon « Ave Regina caelorum (6) », 278a
  34. Hymn « O salutaris Hostia (8) », LU 940z
  35. Antiphon: Palms Day « Hosanna filio David (7) », LU 578b
  36. Communion: Lent « Passer invenit (1) », LU 556a
  37. Alleluia: Easter « Pascha nostrum (a capella) (7) », LU 779
  38. Gradual « Misit Dominus verbum suum (5) », LU 485
  39. Gradual (originaly for the Feast of Saint Agatha) « Adiuvabit eam Deus (5) », LU 1221
  40. Alleluia: Easter « Pascha nostrum immolatus est / Epulemur (7) », LU 779
  41. Offertory « Ave Maria (8) » LU 1318b
  42. Antiphon « Salve Regina (5) » LU 279

    43. CD-2

    Gregorian
  43. Ordinary: Kyrie X (1), LU 43c. (in festis B.V.M.: Alme Pater)
  44. Ordinary: Gloria IX (7), LU 40c. (in festis B.V.M.: Cum jubilo)
  45. Ordinary: Credo I (4), LU 64
  46. Common Preface, Missale Romanum
  47. Ordinary: Sanctus IX (5), LU 42a
  48. Pater noster and versicles, Missale Romanum
  49. Ordinary: Agnus Dei IX (5) (in festis B.V.M.: no. 9 (Cum jubilo)), LU 42b
  50. Ordinary: Ite IX (1) (in festis B.V.M.: no. 2), LU 43a
  51. Ordinary: Kyrie ad lib IV (5), LU 76b
  52. Gradual « Convertere (5) », LU 1007
  53. Introit « Exsurge quare (1) » LU 504c
  54. Gradual « Haec dies (2) » LU 778b
  55. Communion « Pascha nostrum (6) » LU 781b
  56. Alleluia « Pascha nostrum (7) » LU 779
  57. Sequence « Victimae paschali (1) » LU 780
  58. Alleluia « Vir Dei (6) » [GR 870] old Graduale (24)
  59. Sequence « Laeta dies (6) » [GR 871] old Graduale (17)
  60. Alleluia « Venite ad me (8) » LU 1726b
  61. Offertory « Justorum animae (1) » LU 1172
  62. Communion « Beati mundo corde (1) » LU 1727
  63. Kyrie VIII (5), LU 37b
  64. Gloria VIII (5), LU 37c
  65. Credo III (5), LU 68
  66. Sanctus VIII (6), LU 38
  67. Agnus Dei VIII (6), LU 39a
  68. Communion « Quinque prudentes (5) » LU 1228b
  69. Alleluia « Assumpta est (5) » LU 1603
  70. Alleluia « Post dies octo (7) » LU 810
  71. Alleluia « Adorabo (7) » LU 1251b
  72. Antiphpn « Alma Redemptoris (5) » LU 277
  73. Antiphon « Ave Regina caelorum, (6) » LU 278a
  74. Antiphon « Regina caeli (6) » LU 278b
  75. Antiphon « Salve Regina (5) » LU 279

Playing time: 78' 33" +78' 05" = 2h 36' 38"

Performers (and recording date):
[1]-[4] Choir of Benedictine of Sant'Anselmo, Rome - Beatus Reiser, OSB, dir. (c. 1933)
[5]-[15] White Fathers of St. Irmenin, Trier (c. 1929)
[16]-[24] Franciscan Fathers of Venray, Holland - Eliseus Brüning, OFM, dir. (26 May 1930)
[25]-[34] Monks of St. Lawrence abbey, Ampleforth - J. Bernard McElligott, OSB, dir. (11 Sep. 1930)
[35]-[37] Scola Cantorum de Paris - Amédée Gastoué, dir. (1 May 1930)
[38] Berlin State Academy Choir - Hermann Halbig, dir. (15 jan. 1930)
[39]-[40] Les Paraphonistes de Saint-Jean-des-Matines, Guillaume de Van, dir & Agop Agopian (solo) (mid-march 1936)
[41]-[42] Nuns of St. Ehrentraud abbey, Nonnberg, Salzburg (c. 1930)
[43]-[50] Rev. Vincent C. Donovan, O.P. (celebrant); Choir of the Pius X School of Music - Justine Bayard Ward, dir. & Achille P. Bragers (organ) (9 May 1929)
[51]-[52] Escolonia and monks of Montserrat abbey - David Pujol, OSB, dir. (May 1930)
[53]-[57] Monks of St. Martin archabbey, Beuron - Pius Bihlmeyer, OSB, dir. (Nov. 1929)
[58]-[59] Monks of Maria Laach abbey - Abselm Ross, OSB, dir & Urbanus Bomm (organ) (c. 1928)
[60]-[62] Seminary choir of the Society of the Divine Word of Steyl, Mödling - Stanislaus Marusczyk, SVD, dir. (c. 1930)
[63]-[69] Dortmund Municipal Conservatory Choir - Romuald Pfeffer, OSB, dir. (c. 1929)
[70]-[75] Paderborn Cathedral Choir Boys - Gustav Schauerte, dir, & Paul Hebesttreit (organ) (c. 1929)

Date of release of this compilation:
1998

Excerpts from:
[1] Christschall 171 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Sant'Anselmo (I)
[2]-[4] Christschall 172 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Sant'Anselmo (II)
[5]-[9] Christschall 56 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - White Fathers of St. Irmenin (II)
[10]-[13] Christschall 57 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - White Fathers of St. Irmenin (III)
[14]-[15] Christschall 61 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - White Fathers of St. Irmenin (VII)
[16]-[21] Columbia DHX 8 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Venray (V)
[22]-[24] Columbia DH 42 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Venray (I)
[25]-[28] Gramophone "His Master's Voice" C 2087 [78rpm x2, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - St. Lawrence Abbey (I)
[29]-[34] Gramophone "His Master's Voice" C 2088 [78rpm x2, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - St. Lawrence Abbey (II)
[35]-[37] Columbia DF 102 [78rpm, 25cm] Musique du Moyen-Âge: Chant Grégorien - Anonymes
[38] Parlophone R 1017 [78rpm, 25cm] 2000 Jahre Musik (II) Der Gregorianische Gesang - Frühe Mehrstimmigkeit
[39]-[40] Anthologie Sonore AS-34 [78rpm, 25cm] Chant grégorien d'avant l'an 1000
[41]-[42] Christschall 95 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Nonnberg (I)
[43]-[45] Victor 7180 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Ordinary of the Mass (I)
[46]-[50] Victor 7181 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Ordinary of the Mass (II)
[51] Gramófono AE 3302 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Montserrat Abbey (I)
[52] Gramófono AE 3347 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Montserrat Abbey (II)
[53] Electrola EH 456 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Beuron (I)
[54]-[57] Electrola EH 457 [78rpm, 30cm] Gregorian Chant - Beuron (II)
[58]-[59] Christschall 23 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Maria Laach Abbey (VI)
[60]-[62] Christschall 133 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Mödling (II)
[63]-[64] Polydor 90054 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Dortmund (I)
[65]-[67] Polydor 90055 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Dortmund (II)
[68]-[69] Polydor 90056 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Dortmund (III)
[70]-[71] Polydor 22197 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Paderborn (I)
[72]-[75] Polydor 22198 [78rpm, 25cm] Gregorian Chant - Paderborn (II)

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 22/5-308
Goldberg (#-p.): 9-88 (winter 1999)

Comments:
Information from CD. Although I wouldn't recommend this CD for casual listeners to Gregorian Chant, this CD is a must for anyone interested in Gregorian Chant interpretation. The booklet contains extensive information about many early recording aspects of Chant, by Jerome F. Weber, well-known for "A Gregorian Chant Discography" (2 vol., Utica, N.Y., 1990) and his painstaking and relentless involvement in the Early Music field (Fanfare, Goldberg, discographies).

Some compilations directly related to this release:

Gregorian Chant - Maria Laach Abbey
Monks of Maria Laach abbey
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Gregorian Chant - White Fathers of St. Irmenin, Trier
White Fathers of St. Irmenin, Trier
Christschall 55/66, 72/73 [78rpm x14]
Gregorian Chant - Nuns of St. Ehrentraud Abbey, Nonnberg
Nuns of St. Ehrentraud Abbey, Nonnberg
Christschall 95/96, 101 [78rpm x3]
Gregorian Chant - Seminary choir of the Society of the Divine Word of Steyl, Mödling
Seminary choir of the Society of the Divine Word of Steyl, Mödling - Stanislaus Marusczyk, SVD, dir.
Christschall 132/133, 139 [78rpm x3]
Gregorian Chant - Minderbroedersklooster te Venray
Fraterskoor, Minderbroedersklooster te Venray - Dr Elisius Van Brüning, O.F.M., dir.
Columbia DH 42/43, DHX 6 / 9 [78rpm x6]
Gregorian Chant - Beuron
Monks of St. Martin Archabbey, Beuron - Pius Bihlmeyer, O.S.B., dir.
Electrola EH 456 / 457 [78rpm x2, 30cm]
Gregorian Chant - St. Lawrence Abbey
Monks of St. Lawrence Abbey, Ampleforth - J. Bernard McElligott, OSB, dir.
Gramophone "His Master's Voice" C 2087 & C 2088 [78rpm x2, 30cm]
Gregorian Chant - Paderborn
Paderborn Cathedral Choir Boys - Gustav Schauerte, dir.
Polydor 22197 / 22198 & 22646 / 22647 [78rpm 4, 25cm]
Gregorian Chant - Dortmund
Dortmund Municipal Conservatory Choir - Romuald Pfeiffer, O.S.B., dir.
Polydor 90054 / 9057, 95251 [78rpm x4, 25cm - 78rpm x1, 30cm]
Gregorian Chant - Pius X School of Music
Choir of the Gregorian Chant - Pius X School of Music - Justine Bayard Ward, dir.
Victor Set M 69 [78rpm x2]
Cantus Mariales
Moines de l'Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-lac
Cantilènes Sacrées set I (mx. 100/103) [78rpm x4, autocoupling]
Cantilènes Sacrées set II (mx. 104/110) [78rpm x4, autocoupling]
Cantilènes Sacrées set III (mx. 108/111) [78rpm x4, autocoupling]

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