Gregorian Chillout [EMI] (2003)

About this title: Gregorian monks regained their hipness, lost for centuries, in the early '90s, when the even-tempered, church-hall echo of their chants graced Enigma's hit single "Sadeness." In the wake of Enigma's success, chant collections were suddenly everywhere. The ascent of the term "chill-out" happened around the same time, although its roots lay in rave culture, whose addled participants would mellow/recover to less beat-dominated ambient grooves in chill-out rooms, which in turn spawned leagues of electronica compilations named in tribute or reference to these new age techno havens. All of this may ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ave Maris Stella [Monteverdi]
2. Ad Te Levavi
3. Oculi Omnium [Wood]
4. Rorate Caeli Desuper
5. O Magnum Mysterium [Gabrieli]
6. Viderunt Omnes
7. Magnificat, Tone VIII [Lassus]
8. Crux Fidelis
9. Kyrie [From Mass for 3 Voices] [Byrd]
10. Civitas Sancti Tui [Byrd]
11. Alleluia: Pascha Nostrum & Victimae Paschali
12. Sanctus [From Mass for 3 Voices] [Byrd]
13. Salve, Festa Dies
14. Leroy Kyrie [Taverner]
15. Veni, Creator Spiritus
16. Ave Maria [Schubert]
17. Sub Tuum Praesidium
18. Agnus Dei [From Mass for 3 Voices] [Byrd]
19. Anglorum Iam Apostolus
20. O Sacrum Convivium [Farrant]
21. Salve Regina
22. Cantique de Jean Racine [Fauré]
23. Ad Coeman Agni Providi
24. Locus Iste [Bruckner]
25. Attende Domine
26. Ave Verum Corpus [Elgar]
27. Venite, Filii
28. Pange Lingua
29. Crux Fidelis [John IV]
30. Laeta Dies Magni Ducis
31. Ave Verum Corpus [Mozart]
32. Veni, Sancte Spiritus
33. Thou Knowest, Lord [Purcell]
34. Domine Jesu Christe
35. Geistliches Wiegenlied [Brahms]
36. A Solis Ortus Cardine
37. Magnificat [Lassus]
38. Ave Verum Corpus [Byrd]
39. Alma Redemptoris Mater
40. O How Amiable [Williams]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.