EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos; Genre: Classical

Recorded a dozen years ago and composed more than a millennium before that, Chant Noel comes fast on the heels of this year's earlier surprise runaway success. Hyper-reverberant space surrounds these serene, mostly Christmas-related works, which are a perfect antidote to media overload. There are fickle musical trends far less substantial than Gregorian chant; certainly, the form will survive its current vogue. B+

Originally posted Dec 23, 1994 Published in issue #254 Dec 23, 1994 Order article reprints

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