Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès - Chants de l’ Église de Rome: Période byzantine (1986)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 56:19 | 249 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal, Chants | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Catalog: 901218
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 56:19 | 249 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal, Chants | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Catalog: 901218
The music on this CD is not what most people consider "Gregorian Chant". The music presented here is taken from the "Old Roman" chant repertory (ca. 7th-8th Centuries) which pre-dates what is most referred to as Gregorian Chant. The Gregorian Chant which most people are familiar with actually comes from the Carolingian Empire (ca. 850-1000), which came into existence later than the Old Roman period. Hence, the reportoire from the Old Roman period is unsingable if sung in the style suggested by Gregorian scholars for Carolingian chants.