Gregorian Chant Experience

One of the most popular musical fads of recent years, Gregorian chant is a musical repertory made up of chants used in the liturgical services of the Roman Catholic Church. This set of the 40 best Gregorian chants is ideal for personal meditation, listening, or choir use. Here can be heard the beautiful voice of an internationally renowned performer from her recordings made in a chapel. Included in the accompanying book are Nóirín Ní Riain's thoughts on these chants and the art of a monk scribe who rendered these works in handwritten notation. Gregorian chant is brought to a new height of experience-expressing a female quality that is unusual in a performance often associated with male tradition.