RORATE COELI: MARIAN SOUNDS OF ADVENT
— The Monks of Clear Creek

 Beginning with Rorate Cœli, the first words of the Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin in Advent, to the Mass of the vigil of Christmas, listeners will be treated to the mystical sounds of the Advent and early Christmas season. This chant, as sung acapella by the monks of Clear Creek Abbey, transports the listener to the sacred rhythm of the monastic liturgy in honor of Mary, with the musical language of Gregorian chant and of selections of polyphonic sacred choral music.

 Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey, located in Oklahoma, USA, is a young and vibrant monastic community dedicated to the contemplative praying of the sung liturgy.

 Track Listings:

1. Advent Chant: Rorate Coeli

(Mass of Our lady in Advent)
2. Introit: Rorate Coeli
3. Kyrie 8 Ad Libitum
4. Gloria 10
5. Gradual: Tollite
6. Alleluia: Ave Maria
7. Offertory: Ave Maria
8. Sanctus 10
9. Agnus Dei 10
10. Communion: Ecce Virgo

(Advent and Marian Offices)
11. Antiphons: Ave Maria, Ecce Nomen Domini, in Illa Die, Jucundare
12. Hymn: Conditor Alme Siderum
13. Responsory: Ave Maria
14. Prose: Regnantem Sempiterna & Qui Regis Sceptra
15. Lesson: Isaiah 64:1-4
16. Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Simple Tone)
17. Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Solemn Tone)
18. Motet: Alma Redemptoris Mater
19. Antiphons: O Sapientia & O Emmanuel

(Mass of the Vigil of Christmas)
20. Introit: Hodie Scietis
21. Gradual: Hodie Scietis
22. Alleluia: Crastina Die
23. Offertory: Tollite
24. Communion: Revelabitur
25. Responsory: Judæa Et Jerusalem
26. Organum: Rorate Coeli