CD-Charts Position 1
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Chant II

by: Gregorian Chant, Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta, Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos

Release Date October 17, 1995
If you like this type of modern music presented in a unique style with some excellent voices give this a try. the style is not to everyones tast, I'm hooked and my usual preference for music is more like linkin park and evanescence. But i love this in heavy traffic on the way home, it keeps down the road rage without having to listen to archaic religious latin verse.

CD-Charts Position 2
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The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

from: EMI Classics

Release Date June 07, 2005
This album is filled with collection excellent choral music. Many are old favorites of mine and many were new to me. The performances were outstanding. In some cases I have selections in my collection that I consider better than those on this album; however, I suggest that you buy it. It is beautiful!!

On a negative note, the first copy I received was new media and had a scratch which rendered the last two tracks unreadable.

Amazon was quick to credit my account, pay return shipping and the second copy was free from defects. Bravo!!

CD-Charts Position 3
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The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

by: Stanley Myers, Antonio Vivaldi, John Williams, Gregorian Chant, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Michael Nyman, Giacomo Puccini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Edvard Grieg, Riccardo Muti, Umberto Giordano, Fryderyk Chopin, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Pachelbel, Antonin Dvorak, Carl Orff, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Léo Delibes, George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel, Charles Gounod, Erik Satie, Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Rachmaninov

Release Date April 23, 1996
Many of these prior reviewers complain that the abundance of operas and vocals degrate this compilation. They don't know what they're talking about. These genres are what made Classical music popular in it's age. In that era the forum for showcasing "classical music" was operas! Hence why most of these works are lost in the shuffle. Most of us know Mozart and Beethoven's compositions by ear but there are so many other great composers that existed and these CD's will show you but a PIECE. But, fair warning, these CD's show only a small fraction of the whole movement (song). If you truly dig the genre you're in for a treat, investigate!

CD-Charts Position 4
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Serene Spirit: Divine Harmonies for Mind and Soul

from: Deutsche Grammophon

Release Date January 11, 2005
Yes, the sound quality is good, and certainly the performances are sound as well.

For you to like this cd, I would think you would need to like choral music... and I mean really like it. It goes on and on and on.

For me, it is tedious to listen to this album... too much the same to the point of being monotonous. It needed to be broken up by lighter orchestral pieces to make the album effective.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Canto Gregoriano

by: Gregorian Chant, Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta, Coro de monjes del Monasterio Bendictino de Santa Domingo de Silos

Release Date January 01, 1994
Yes, the sound quality is good, and certainly the performances are sound as well.

For you to like this cd, I would think you would need to like choral music... and I mean really like it. It goes on and on and on.

For me, it is tedious to listen to this album... too much the same to the point of being monotonous. It needed to be broken up by lighter orchestral pieces to make the album effective.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Chant III: The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silas

by: The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silas, Francisco Lara, Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta

Release Date September 17, 1996
Yes, the sound quality is good, and certainly the performances are sound as well.

For you to like this cd, I would think you would need to like choral music... and I mean really like it. It goes on and on and on.

For me, it is tedious to listen to this album... too much the same to the point of being monotonous. It needed to be broken up by lighter orchestral pieces to make the album effective.

CD-Charts Position 7
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The Classical Album

from: Umvd Import

Release Date April 25, 2000
Yes, the sound quality is good, and certainly the performances are sound as well.

For you to like this cd, I would think you would need to like choral music... and I mean really like it. It goes on and on and on.

For me, it is tedious to listen to this album... too much the same to the point of being monotonous. It needed to be broken up by lighter orchestral pieces to make the album effective.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Mad About the Monks

from: Polygram Records

Release Date September 20, 1994
Not everyone likes monk chants because they find them depressing or bringing up bad memories of attempts to cram demonstrably false religious beliefs down their throat. Others find monk chants relaxing. I am in this group. This recording is very relaxing. I play it in my car.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Mad About the Monks

from: Polygram Records

Release Date September 20, 1994
Not everyone likes monk chants because they find them depressing or bringing up bad memories of attempts to cram demonstrably false religious beliefs down their throat. Others find monk chants relaxing. I am in this group. This recording is very relaxing. I play it in my car.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Chant

from: Angel Records

Release Date March 15, 1994
This CD is very pretty. A nice CD to play around Easter time, which I did. The voices blend beautifully making it great for a meditation practice, massage, or even for yoga during asana time or even final relaxation.