Salve Regina

The Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice and Saint-Maur, Clervaux, France, express beautifully in this CD the layered textures of plainchant. On this recording are some of the more easily understood chants of the liturgy. The Abbey Monks chose Gregorian chants with only one or two notes for each syllable of chant.

The hymns on this recording are selected from different centuries. The chants range from three appropriate to the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, a ceremony whose popularity dates from the late Middle Ages, where worship of the Sacrament was separate from Mass, to a chant that is sung during Vespers.

Gregorian chant is considered to be church music from the early Middle Ages forward to modern times, written in a similar style throughout the centuries. This recording by the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice and Saint Maur is solemn and spiritually enriching.