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Blessings, Peace and Harmony
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Artist
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Monks of the Desert.
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Label
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Sony Classical
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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74'45/2012
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Label Number
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886979020429
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Daedalus Item Code
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29214
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This item is not available.
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Description
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Working, praying for peace, and studying, the Benedictine monks of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu, New Mexico, spend their days in silence, with one important exception: sacred song. This CD compiles selections from the Monks' four independent recordings of Gregorian chant (unaccompanied melodies that form the roots of Western classical music), as well as four new chants. "The kind of singing that we do calms the spirit and helps us live in peace with our world and with one another," says Abbot Philip Lawrence, a scholar of chant. "It is always our hope that our singing will bring others to peace, inner tranquility and an appreciation of beauty." Sung in Latin, most of the music comes from the Catholic Mass and includes the antiphon "Alma Redemptoris Mater," "Gloria," "Sanctus," an Allelujah for Easter, and more.
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