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The Monks Of Glenstal AbbeyBiscantorat (Sound Of The Spirit From Glenstal Abbey)

Label:

Hummingbird Records – HBCD0038

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Ireland

Released:

Genre:

Classical, Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Religious, Spoken Word

Tracklist

1Enter Their Courts With Songs Of Praise2:05
2The Coventry Carol1:52
3Veni, Veni, Emmanuel!
Featuring, VocalsMarie Bernadette O'Connor*
2:04
4The Darkest Midnight
Featuring, VocalsMarie Bernadette O'Connor*
3:45
5Gloria In Excelsis Deo - More Ambrosiano2:14
6Christmas Day Is Come2:27
7Puer Natus In Bethlehem
Featuring, VocalsMarie Bernadette O'Connor*
2:26
8Three Sonnets
VoiceJohn O'Donohue
3:11
9Salve Regina2:06
10Regina Cæli
Featuring, VocalsMarie Bernadette O'Connor*
3:06
11Alleluia - O Virga Mediatrix2:44
12The Seven Rejoices Of Mary
Featuring, VocalsMarie Bernadette O'Connor*
4:22
13Nil Desperandum2:56
14The Beatitudes1:57
15Victimae Paschali Laudes2:54
16Kyrie Eleison2:07
17Pater Noster1:47
18Viri Galilæi2:16
19Jerusalem The Golden1:46
20The Holy Spirit Is The Air We Breathe2:40
21Spiritus Sanctus4:25
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  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Hummingbird Records
  • Copyright ©Hummingbird Records
  • Licensed FromGlenstal Abbey
  • Recorded AtGlenstal Abbey

Credits

  • Arranged ByNóirín Ní Riain* (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21), Paul Nash OSB (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21), Marie Bernadette O'Connor* (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 10, 12)
  • ArtworkMarie Bernadette O'Connor*
  • Composed ByMartin Shaw* (tracks: 2), Traditional
  • DesignDave Turner (10)
  • LayoutDave Turner (10)
  • Mastered ByTim Martin
  • Mixed ByDave Carugo*
  • Music DirectorNóirín Ní Riain*, Paul Nash OSB
  • PhotographyAnnika Johansson
  • ProducerNóirín Ní Riain*
  • Recorded ByDanDan FitzGerald*, Steve Hampson
  • VocalsMarie Bernadette O'Connor* (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 10, 12)
  • VoiceJohn O'Donohue (tracks: 8), Mark Patrick Hederman OSB (tracks: 1, 13, 20)
  • Words ByJohn O'Donohue (tracks: 8), Mark Patrick Hederman OSB (tracks: 1, 13, 20)

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.

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

Other Versions (2)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
New Submission
Biscantorat - Sound Of The Spirit From Glenstal Abbey (CD, Album, DVD, )Hummingbird RecordsHBCD0040Ireland2005
New Submission
Biscantorat - Sound Of The Spirit From Glenstal Abbey (CD, Album, DVD, )Keltia Musique, Keltia MusiqueKMCD160, KMDVD04France2005

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