popular music: Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta

popular music: Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta

popular music:

Ismael Fernandez d...

Gregorian Chant: Songs of the Spirit
Gregorian Chant Choir of Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta

Capella Classics, 1997

Chant

Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta

Angel Records, 1994

Chant
Great CD, best music to study with, sleep with, or just relax. And it's Holy too! Great gift, very classic.

The Classical Album
Jacqueline du Pré, Anonymous, ...

Umvd Import, 2000

Chant II

Gregorian Chant, Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta, ...

Angel Records, 1995

Beautiful
Beautiful. Just like the first Chant. This is my "mellow out", puts me to sleep music. I didn't care for the applause at the end, but it's still a beautiful CD.

The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

Stanley Myers, Antonio Vivaldi, ...

EMI Classics, 1996

Forget what they SAY
Many of these prior reviewers complain that the abundance of operas and vocals degrate this compilation. They don't know what they're talking about. These genres are what made Classical music popular in it's age. In that era the forum for showcasing "classical music" ...

Canto Gregoriano
Gregorian Chant, Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta, ...

EMI Europe Generic, 2001

The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos became famous outside of religious circles in 1993 when a recording of their liturgical Gregorian chants unexpectedly climbed to the top of the album charts. Back around the 11th century, the Spanish abbey began switching over from Hispanic liturgical melodies to the Roman liturgy's Gregorian ...

Chant III: The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silas
The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silas, Francisco Lara, ...

Angel Records, 1996

Serene Spirit: Divine Harmonies for Mind and Soul

Luigi Piovano, Mischa Maisky, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Great Compilation, excellent remastering, and a DG label
There is always the mentality where the best will always be the best. Whenever you see an unknown artist on Deustche Grammophon, you'll probably be like, "Wow, he's not bad. It's Deustche Grammophon...means that the sound is great too". Anyway, the bottom line is, this ...

The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

John Shirley-Quirk, Daniel Sladden, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

I love it and I give it as a gift
This is the first collection of choral music that I've purchased and I love it. I own copies of operas and requiems and masses, but if you attend choral concerts, as I have been recently, you learn there is a huge colletion of choral music appart from the forms I've ...

Mad About the Monks

Ambrosian Chant, Gregorian Chant, ...

Polygram Records, 1994

A good rendition for specialized musical tastes
Not everyone likes monk chants because they find them depressing or bringing up bad memories of attempts to cram demonstrably false religious beliefs down their throat. Others find monk chants relaxing. I am in this group. This recording is very relaxing. I play it ...