Gregorian - Pure Chants (2021)

Gregorian - Pure Chants (2021)

Tracklist frotn / back album covers

1. My Little Welsh Home   2:20

2. Kyrie Victoria   2:22

3. Waiting For Life   2:57

4. Pie Jesu featuring – Narcis   3:55

5. Miserere Mei, Deus   3:25

6. Ode To Joy   2:50

7. In Trutina   2:29

8. Ameno   3:56

9. She Moved Through The Fair   2:32

10. Kyrie XI, A   1:39

11. Bailero featuring – Narcis   3:07

12. Adoramus Te Christe   2:01

13. Gamenni Kardia (There Are Stars)   3:16

14. Beata Viscera   2:38

15. The Sound Of Silence (Pure Version)   3:25

16. Non Nobis Domine   2:16

Album Credits

Artwork – Markus Mross, Toni Pintos

Co-producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmed By, Arranged By, Engineer, Mixed By – Rene Laack

Conductor, Arranged By – Chris Forster (2)

Engineer – Basti Inselmann, Niall Acott

Mastered By – Hans-Philipp Graf

Mixed By – Basti Inselmann, Frank Peterson, Niall Acott

Producer – Frank Peterson

Programmed By – Alex Pfeffer

Project Manager – Toni Pintos

Vocals – Andrew Leslie Cooper, Ashley Turnell, Ben Alden, Brendan Matthew, David Porter-Thomas, Jeremy Budd, Jonathan Clucas, Lawrence White (2), Matthew Long, Michael Craddock, Paul Badly, Simon Grant (4), Ted Hands, William Gaunt, William Purefoy

Limited Edition Collectors Box

Includes: Audio-CD, T-Shirt, Mask, Poster, Post Cards, Sticker.

Standart Edition Box without Blu-Ray: this release

Special Edition Box icluding Blu-Ray and FSK Sticker: Gregorian - Pure Chants

Recordet at Nemo Studios Hamburg, Air Studios London

Mixed at Nemo Studios Hamburg

Mastered at H-Peh Mastering

Barcode: 4 029759 156567

Gregorian is a German band headed by Frank Peterson that performs Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. The band features both vocal harmony and instrumental accompaniment. They competed in Unser Lied für Stockholm the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Masters of Chant". They placed 5th in the first round of the public voting, missing the top 3. They gained 9.06% of the public vote.

Originally, Gregorian was conceived as a more pop-oriented group in the vein of Enigma. Under this concept, Peterson together with Matthias Meissner and Thomas Schwarz, recorded the 1991 album Sadisfaction, with lead vocals provided by The Sisters of Oz: Susana Espelleta (Peterson's wife at the time) and Birgit Freud. However, this was the only album by the trio in that style.

In 1998, Peterson and his team of Jan-Eric Kohrs, Michael Soltau and Carsten Heusmann re-invented the project to perform popular songs in the Gregorian style. The criteria for song selection were strict; in order to be considered, a song needed to be translatable into the 7-tone scale. For each album, songs were carefully chosen in addition to original songs written by Jan-Eric Kohrs, Amelia Brightman and Carsten Heussman. Twelve vocalists - previously acclaimed session and choir singers - were then hired to record the tracks.

Each Gregorian album was initially digitally tracked at Nemo Studios, Peterson's Hamburg studio. The vocalists then record their parts in a church atmosphere with dimmed lights and candles, in order to escape what Peterson referred to in a 2001 interview as the "cold and technical" studio atmosphere.

The concept proved to be successful, and the group proceeded to record several more Masters of Chant albums in the same style. Their 2004 album, The Dark Side, was a slight departure from the others, featuring a darker repertoire. In 2005, The Masterpieces, a compilation album with a live DVD, was released. A fifth Masters of Chant album was released on 31 March 2006. In 2006, a festive album was also released, titled Christmas Chants. A sixth Masters of Chant album was released on 28 September 2007. In 2009, a seventh Masters of Chant album followed. On 8 September 2010 the next album, titled The Dark Side of Chant, was announced to be published on 15 October 2010. In 2012, Epic Chants was published with the collaboration of the Russian newcomer Eva Mali, in 2015 the tenth album from the Masters of Chant series was released, titled Masters of Chant X: The Final Chapter, in 2016, Live! Masters of Chant - Final Chapter Tour, in 2017, Masters of Chant — The Platinum Collection and in November 19, 2019: 20/2020

Gregorian Discography

Gregorian have released ten albums in their Masters of Chant series and a number of other albums, including a Christmas album. They have also released two types of video album; live concerts and music video albums featuring the singers in various surroundings.

Initial project

1991: Sadisfaction (album)

1991: "So Sad" (single)

1991: "Once in a Lifetime" (single)

Masters of Chant albums

1999: Masters of Chant

2001: Masters of Chant Chapter II

2002: Masters of Chant Chapter III

2003: Masters of Chant Chapter IV

2004: The Dark Side (called Masters of Chant V in Oceania but distinct from the 2006 album of that name)

2006: Masters of Chant Chapter V

2007: Masters of Chant Chapter VI

2009: Masters of Chant Chapter VII

2010: Dark Side of the Chant

2011: Masters of Chant Chapter VIII

2012: Epic Chants

2013: Masters of Chant Chapter IX

2014: Winter Chants

2015: Masters of Chant X: The Final Chapter

2017: Holy Chants

2021: Pure Chants

Other albums/compilations

2005: The Masterpieces (Best of CD and live DVD)

2006: Christmas Chants

2007: Masters of Chant (Curb Records)

2011: Best of 1990–2010

2016: Live! Masters of Chant - Final Chapter Tour

2017: Masters of Chant — The Platinum Collection

2019: 20/2020

Singles

1999: "Masters of Chant"

2000: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

2000: "Losing My Religion"

2001: "Moment of Peace"

2001: "Voyage Voyage"

2002: "Join Me"

2003: "The Gift"

2003: "Angels"

2004: "Where the Wild Roses Grow"

2010: "O Fortuna"

Video albums

2001: Masters of Chant in Santiago de Compostela

2001: Moments of Peace in Ireland

2002: Masters of Chant Chapter III

2003: Gold Edition

2005: The Masterpieces

2007: Masters of Chant: Live at Kreuzenstein Castle

2008: Christmas Chants & Visions

2011: Masters of Chant Chapter 8 (Gregorian Live in Europe 2011: The Dark Side of the Chant) - Limited Edition (CD & DVD)

2012: Epic Chants "Dark Side of the Chants Live in Zagreb" - Limited Edition (CD & DVD)

2013: Epic Chants Tour 2013 "Live in Belgrade" - Deluxe Edition (CD & DVD)

2016: Masters of Chant - Final Chapter Tour (CD & DVD, blu-ray) (Limited Fan Edition including 4 additional music videos and the complete concert on double CD)