Alma Redemptoris Mater from Gregorian Chant, Christmas Chants by the monks of the abbey of Einsiedeln

Alma Redemptoris Mater from Gregorian Chant, Christmas Chants

Performance of the Gregorian Salve Regina coupled with Josquin DesPres's cantus firmus motet in my own performance edition. 

The motet is a marvel of musical craftsmanship: not only does it utilize the Gregorian chant in its entirety in the Alto voice, but its structure is a strict double canon throughout: Soprano/Alto sing one strict canon; Tenor/Bass sing a different strict canon. Performed by Voces Novae et Antiquae under my direction May 16, 2004, in Philadelphia, PA.

The performing edition is also available from me directly: <info@robertamross.com>

Background from Wikipedia:

The *Salve Regina,* also known as the "Hail Holy Queen," is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. The *Salve Regina* is traditionally sung at Compline in the time from the Saturday before Trinity Sunday until the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent. "Hail Holy Queen" is also the final prayer of the Rosary.

The work was composed during the Middle Ages by German monk Hermann of Reichenau and originally appeared in Latin, the prevalent language of Western Christianity until modern times.

(Premier pars:)
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;

(Secunda pars:)
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.


Wikipedia link

Salve Regina (Gregorian chant & Motet by Josquin DesPres; ed. Robert A.M. Ross [1984; rev. 2004])

Coro de Gregoriano de Vitoria-Gasteiz (dir. Antton Lete)
Coro Araba Abesbatza
Coral Samaniego Abesbatza
Daniel Oyarzábal, órgano
Aitor Sáez de Cortázar, director 

Salve Regina-Gregorian (Coro de Gregoriano de Vitoria-Gasteiz)

Crux Fidelis
Gregorian Chant (Sacred Scripture)
Consortium Vocale / Alexander Schweitzer

Gregorian chant, in its all-embracing spirituality and poetry, appeals to the deeper levels of the human heart. Monks in the Middle Ages composed and performed this music as an integrated part of their daily occupation with Sacred Scripture. Throughout the centuries Gregorian chant has enriched and deepened the liturgy of the church, and has been a source of inspiration in every period of European music history. Under the leadership of Alexander M. Schweitzer, Consortium Vocale presents chants from the five Sundays of Lent, Palm Sunday and Good Friday, recorded in the medieval church at Ringsaker in Norway.

Album: EXAUDIAM EUM - Gregorian Chant for Lent and Holy Week (2L43SACD)
Recording venue: Ringsaker Church, September 2006
Original source: DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)

Consortium Vocale: Crux Fidelis (gregorian chant)

Alcuni tra i più celebri canti gregoriani accompagnati dall'orchestra sinfonica. Un repertorio intramontabile in una versione ricca di fascino, sonorità e suggestioni.

Jesu dulcis memoria, di B. di Chiaravalle

Veni Sancte Spiritus, Anonimo

01 - Kyrie Eleison      00:00:27 
02 - Gloria                 00:02:33 
03 - Sanctus              00:05:44 
04 - Agnus Dei          00:07:50

Gregorian Chants - Kyrie Elesion, Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei

Nicene Constantinopolitan Latin Creed - Catholic Gregorian Chant

Apostles' Creed in Latin - Gregorian chant (Credo in Deum)
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PDF notation and Latin text: https://bit.ly/2KfV8CD
(I begin on G and end on E, as written. However, I interpret the syllable placement at the ends of phrases slightly differently.)
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The Apostles' Creed is the one recited at the beginning of the Rosary, *not* the Nicene Creed normally used during Mass (however, the Apostles' Creed is sometimes used at Mass during Lent/Easter). This prayer is also called "The Symbol of the Apostles" - in Latin, "Symbolum Apostolorum" or "Symbolum Apostolicum."
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Latin text: 

Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae,
  et in Iesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum,
  qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine,
  passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus,
  descendit ad infernos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis,
  ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris omnipotentis,
  inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum,
  sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem,
  remissionem peccatorum,
  carnis resurrectionem,
  vitam aeternam.
Amen.
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English text:

I believe in God,
the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
He descended into hell;
on the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of Saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.

Apostles' Creed in Latin - Gregorian chant (Credo in Deum)

This was recorded during Holy Mass at the Basilica of San Benedetto in Norcia, Italy. It is the Benedictine monks singing the Gradual and Sequence (parts of the Mass) in Latin for the feast of St. Benedict - July 11, 2012.

Monks of Norcia - Holy Mass - Gradual and Sequence - Feast of St. Benedict - July 11.2012

Recorded at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
Basilica Schola
New York City, 12/12
Recorded by Malcolm Addey

14th-century tune; this plainsong version is related to the late medieval Scandinavian version found in Piae Cantiones (1582).

Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia. Unde gaudet Jerusalem. Alleluia. In cordis jubilo Christum natum adoremus, cum novo cantico. 
Hic jacet in præsepio, Alleluia. Qui regnat sine termino. Alleluia. 
 hoc natali gaudio, Alleluia. Benedicamus Domino: Alleluia. 
Laudetur sancta Trinitas, Alleluia. Deo dicamus gratias. Alleluia.

A Child is born in Bethlehem, alleluia. Rejoice together, all Jerusalem, alleluia, alleluia. Refrain: Let us adore the birth of Christ with joyful hearts and a new song. 
He lies here in the manger, alleluia, who rules without end, alleluia, alleluia.  R.
On the joyful day of his birth, alleluia, let us bless the Lord, alleluia, alleluia. R.
The Holy Trinity be praised, alleluia. Let us thank God, alleluia, alleluia. R.

Puer Natus in Bethlehem

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