Chants of Mary

Gloriæ Dei Cantores Men's Schola sings these Gregorian chants of love and devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, the Theotokos, the Star of the Sea. While our names for her are as varied as the traditions that surround her being, one thing remains constant: she invariably points us to her own Son, teaching us to greet Him with that same yes by which she opened herself to Him, body, soul and spirit. May we all receive the blessing of her example, told through these ancient songs of faith. This SACD features the Stabat Mater, the Marian antiphons for Compline, and selected propers from the Feasts of the Immaculate Conception, the Nativity of Mary, the Annunciation, the Visitation, and the Assumption.

1. Missa IX Cum iúbilo: Gloria (Mode VII) 2. Responsory: Benedicta et venerábilis (Mode V) 3. Gradual: Benedicta es tu (Mode V) 4. Introit: Gáudens gaudébo (Mode III) 5. Antiphon: Salve Regina - Simple (Mode V) 6. Antiphon: Salve Regina - Solemn (Mode I) 7. Hymn: O gloriósa Dómina (Mode II) 8. Brief response: Ave Maria (Mode VI) 9. Antiphon: Alma Redémptoris Mater - Simple (Mode V) 10. Antiphon: Alma Redémptoris Mater - Solemn (Mode V) 11. Offertory: Ave Maria (Mode VIII) 12. Hymn: Ave maris stella (Mode I) 13. Antiphon: Regina cæli - Simple (Mode VI) 14. Antiphon: Regina cæli - Solemn (Mode VI) 15. Gradual: Benedicta es tu (Mode IV) 16. Alleluia: Felix es (Mode VIII) 17. Responsory: Repléta est (Mode I) 18. Antiphon: Ave Regina - Simple (Mode VI) 19. Antiphon: Ave Regina - Solemn (Mode VI) 20. Introit: Signum magnum (Mode VII) 21. Hymn: O Prima, Virgo, prodita (Mode II) 22. Alleluia: Assúmpta est Maria (Mode V) 23. Antiphon and Solemn Magnificat: Beáta es (Mode I) 24. Sequence: Stabat Mater dolórosa (Mode II)