This session features something different from the recordings we’ve made so far: instead of devotional hymns in English, we’re presenting the sung texts of the Mass itself, in Latin.

On June 7, 2016, a group of singers met with conductor Michael Olbash at the glorious parish church in Clinton, Massachusetts, which bears the title of the Church of St. John the Guardian of Our Lady, to record the chants of the Mass For The Dead, with organ accompaniment in settings by Achille Bragers.

Subvenite

Introit: Requiem aeternam

Kyrie

Gradual: Requiem aeternam

Tract: Absolve, Domine

Sequence: Dies irae

Offertory: Domine, Jesu Christe

Sanctus

Agnus Dei

Communion: Lux aeterna

Responsory: Libera me

In paradisum

The musicians

Choir:
Michael Barrett
Richard Chonak
Marc DeMille
Brendan Kenney
Mark Nemeskal
Ari Nieh
Sumner Thompson

and members of the Brothers, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Producer: Peter Meggison
Conductor and Organist: Michael Olbash
Recording engineer: Evan Landry