The Monks Of Glenstal Abbey - Biscantorat (Sound Of The Spirit From Glenstal Abbey) (CD, Album) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Notes:

Biscantorat was recorded in the Autumn of 2003 in the Benedictine Monastry at Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, Co. Limerick, Ireland. Joining the community of monks in this unique recording are Marie-Bernadette O'Connor (= Sinéad O'Connor), John O'Donohue and Noirin Ni Riain.

Biscantorat is coined from an ancient proverb, that to sing is to pray twice - qui cantat, bis orat. 
Here you experience sounds, voices, Latin chants, Irish songs, English Hymns, tracing the course of the liturgical year from Advent through Pentecost. Voices singing alone, voices singing together, voices in harmony.


Contributors: A.M.E.N. (Eoin Ó Súilleabháin, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Nóirín Ní Riain), Andrew Cyprian Love OSB, Glenstal Abbey Monastic Schola, John O'Donohue, Marie Bernadette O'Connor, Mark Patrick Hederman OSB, Nóirín Ní Riain

Glenstal Abbey School Senior Choir 2004 sing on track 12 · Mark Cosgrave, David Hayes, Shane Farrell, Morgan McEligott, Patrick Macnamara, Stephen Murphy, James O'Dowd, Noel Reilly, Mark Shanahan

Tracks 1, 13, 20 Mark Patrick Hederman OSB · Glenstal Music
Track 2 Martin Shaw (1879-1958) Oxford University Press
Tracks 3, 7, 12 Nóirín Ní Riain, Paul Nash OSB, Marie Bernadette O'Connor
Track 4 Marie Bernadette O'Connor
Tracks 5, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 Nóirín Ní Riain & Paul Nash OSB & Glenstal Music
Track 8 John O'Donohue All three sonnets from the poetry collection Conamara Blues, published in 2000
Track 10 Nóirín Ní Riain, Marie Bernadette O'Connor

Project Co-Ordinator: Hannah Baird
Design & Layout: Dave Turner
Stained Glass On Cover: James Scanion from Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, Cork
Photography: Annika Johansson
Text Front Cover: Marie Bernadette O'Connor
Artwork liaison in Glenstal: Ciaran Forbes OSB
Sleeve Notes: Martin Browne OSB

Recorded at Glenstal Abbey by DanDan FitzGerald
Assisted by Steve Hampson
Mixed by Dave Carugo
Mastered by Tim Martin
Musical Direction: Nóirín Ní Riain & Paul Nash OSB
Produced by Nóirín Ní Riain

Hummingbird would like to thank Entertainment Architects, Gerry Craven, Gordon Judge, David Forrer @ Witherspoon & Associates, Judy Murray, Geraldine Hennessey, Pat Savage at O.J. Kilkenny. The Abbot and Monks of Glenstal for their kindness and generosity.

1. Enter Their Courts With Songs Of Praise 2:05
2. The Coventry Carol 1:52
3. Veni, Veni, Emmanuel! 2:04
4. The Darkest Midnight 3:45
5. Gloria In Excelsis Deo - More Ambrosiano 2:14
6. Christmas Day Is Come 2:27
7. Puer Natus In Bethlehem 2:26
8. Three Sonnets 3:11
9. Salve Regina 2:06
10. Regina Cæli 3:06
11. Alleluia - O Virga Mediatrix 2:44
12. The Seven Rejoices Of Mary 4:22
13. Nil Desperandum 2:56
14. The Beatitudes 1:57
15. Victimae Paschali Laudes 2:54
16. Kyrie Eleison 2:07
17. Pater Noster 1:47
18. Viri Galilæi 2:16
19. Jerusalem The Golden 1:46
20. The Holy Spirit Is The Air We Breathe 2:40
21. Spiritus Sanctus 4:25

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 6 89232 08796 8
Matrix / Runout SOUNDSOFTHE SPITIT 01
Mastering SID Code IFPI L0 23
Mould SID Code IFPI 5812

Phonographic Copyright (p) Hummingbird Records
Copyright (c) Hummingbird Records
Licensed From Glenstal Abbey
Recorded At Glenstal Abbey

Location : GRCDW247-10