[Nightfly]

Can anybody make any recommends on Renaissance music or
Gregorian Chants (not those monks who do pop music in Gregorian form..ecch)..

I love the early lute music performed by Jacob Lindberg on Bis for
example.

[squash54]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

Can anybody make any recommends on Renaissance music or
Gregorian Chants (not those monks who do pop music in Gregorian form..ecch)..

I love the early lute music performed by Jacob Lindberg on Bis for
example.

Nightfly, check out 'Anonymous 4' - they do some superb unaccompanied medieval and Renaissance vocal work. Their most recent CD's of early American folk and Gospel are pretty good too

Squash

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by squash54

Nightfly, check out 'Anonymous 4' - they do some superb unaccompanied medieval and Renaissance vocal work. Their most recent CD's of early American folk and Gospel are pretty good too

Squash

Thanks Squash..I knew you'd come through.
I will check them out for sure.

I recentlt found on Mp3sparks --Trio Mediaeval --they have out
3 albums,I got the first 2 and I enjoy them a great deal.
Their voices are like instruments of angels.

[squash54]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

Thanks Squash..I knew you'd come through.
I will check them out for sure.

I recentlt found on Mp3sparks --Trio Mediaeval --they have out
3 albums,I got the first 2 and I enjoy them a great deal.
Their voices are like instruments of angels.

I will have a listen because Anonymous 4 also fit that description. Thanks for the recommend.

Squash

[BobP]

My favorite Gregorian chanters are the brothers of Valaam monastery (in Russia, I believe). They have a harmonic style in some of their hymns that's different from anything else I've heard. It relies on open fifths (hope that's the right term), and their pitch is sometimes so perfect, I swear I can hear an amazing overtone almost consistently throughout the chant. They also use a recording technique that sounds like the microphones are placed very close to the singers, and it creates a feeling of "being there" unlike other popular chant recordings I've heard. It's truly different and special.

Their music can be hard to find, but I've had success searching for "Valaam" on some rutunes sites. Fortunately, I've also been pleasantly surprised by how many hits I get on that term in some of the new mp3 search engines out there.

Good luck!

Bob

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by BobP

My favorite Gregorian chanters are the brothers of Valaam monastery (in Russia, I believe). They have a harmonic style in some of their hymns that's different from anything else I've heard. It relies on open fifths (hope that's the right term), and their pitch is sometimes so perfect, I swear I can hear an amazing overtone almost consistently throughout the chant. They also use a recording technique that sounds like the microphones are placed very close to the singers, and it creates a feeling of "being there" unlike other popular chant recordings I've heard. It's truly different and special.

Their music can be hard to find, but I've had success searching for "Valaam" on some rutunes sites. Fortunately, I've also been pleasantly surprised by how many hits I get on that term in some of the new mp3 search engines out there.

Good luck!

Bob

Thanks Bob,

This sounds exactly what I'm looking for.I will seek this out tonight,
and hopefully dl their recording(s).