This album is Volume 1 in a two-release set that contains the best of the Monks of Solesmes- including the Te Deum, Stabat Mater, and Ave Maria, chants for the Liturgical Year from Advent to Pentecost, hymns from the service of Compline, chants devoted to Our Lady and the Blessed Sacrament as well as the Mass of the Angels. Sung with grace and style, the chants on this release are ideal for those who are familiar with the chant liturgy, as a collection of familiar melodies, as well as those wanting to become familiar with Gregorian chant. ''The program offers alternate settings...of the sprinkling of water, the Ordinary of the Mass, Benediction hymns, and the most familiar pieces marking the liturgical year... exactly what is needed for those who long to hear the familiar chants again.''

Track List:

  1. Asperges me (Liber Cantualis, 28A)
  2. Vidi aquam (Liber Cantualis, 29A)
  3. Kyrie XVI (Liber Cantualis, 4)
  4. Gloria XV (Liber Cantualis, 5)
  5. Sanctus XVIII (Liber Cantualis, 17)
  6. Pater noster (The Lord's Prayer) (Liber Cantualis, 20)
  7. Agnus Dei XVIII (Liber Cantualis, 23)
  8. Adoro te (Chant of Adoration) (Liber Cantualis, 67)
  9. Iesu dulcis memoria (Hymn) (Liber Cantualis, 84)
  10. Parce Domine (During Lent) (Liber Cantualis, 89)
  11. Tantum ergo (Chant of worship) (Liber Cantualis, 97)
  12. Adoremus in Aeternum (Chant of worship) (Liber Cantualis, 66)
  13. Salve Regina (Antiphon) (simple tone) (Liber Cantualis, 94)
  14. Regina caeli (simple tone) (Liber Cantualis, 92)
  15. Magnificat (Canticle and Antiphon) (Liber Cantualis, 87)
  16. Sub tuum praesidium (Antiphon) (Liber Cantualis)
  17. Ave Maris stella, hymn for the Assumption of Mary in mode 1 (Liber Cantualis No. 73)
  18. Rorate caeli (Prose) (Liber Cantualis, 93)
  19. Ecce nomen Domini (Liber Cantualis, 82)
  20. Attende, Domine (Liber Cantualis, 70)
  21. Veni Creator (Hymn) (Liber Cantualis, 101)
  22. Te lucis (Hymn) (Liber Cantualis, 104)
  23. In manus tuas (Brief responsory) (Liber Cantualis, 106)
  24. Nunc dimittis, canticle and antiphon (Liber Cantualis, 107)
  25. Kyrie XI (Liber Cantualis, 47)
  26. Sanctus XI (Liber Cantualis, 49)
  27. Agnus XI (Liber Cantualis, 50)
  28. Credo III (Liber Cantualis, 54)
  29. Kyrie XVIIC (Liber Cantualis, 51)