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Music : Into Great Silence: Office of the Night


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from: JADE RECORDS

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731383638220
Format: Soundtrack
Label: JADE RECORDS
Manufacturer: JADE RECORDS
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: JADE RECORDS
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Sales Rank: 21994
Studio: JADE RECORDS

Disc 1:
  1. Sunday Matins. Introduction Psalm 3 3:14
  2. Invitation: Psalm 94 5:42
  3. Hymn: Æterne rerum conditor 3:21
  4. First Nocturne: Psalms. Psalm 20 3:09
  5. Psalm 21 6:43
  6. Psalm 22 2:03
  7. Psalm 23 2:49ème
  8. Psalm 24 4:40
  9. Psalm 25 3:07
  10. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 1-4 Responsory 3:19
  11. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 5-9a Responsory 3:05
  12. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 9b-13 Responsory 2:41
  13. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 14-19 Responsory 3:39
  14. Second Nocturne: Psalm 26 4:54
  15. Psalm 27 3:05
  16. Psalm 28 2:38
  17. Psalm 29 3:10
  18. Psalm 30 6:22
  19. Psalm 31 3:46
  20. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 20-23 Responsory 3:27
  21. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 24-28 Responsory 2:48
Disc 2:
  1. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 29-34 Responsory 3:29
  2. Reading 2 Kgs 19, 35-37 Responsory 2:41
  3. Third Nocturne: Canticles. Canticle 1 Tim 2; 3 1:24
  4. Canticle Col 1 2:26
  5. Canticle Rev 19
  6. Readings: Sahdona s Homily (Book of Perfection) on the Gospel of Luke 16, 19-20. The Gospel according to Saint Luke Luke 16, 19-20 0:28
  7. The Book of Perfection II 16, 19-20 Responsory 4:38
  8. The Book of Perfection II 16, 19-20 Responsory 3:51
  9. The Book of Perfection II 16, 31 Responsory 4:25
  10. The Book of Perfection II 16, 31 Responsory 4:53
  11. Hymn: Te Deum 5:12
  12. The Gospel according to Saint Luke Luke 16, 19-31 - Oration 5:03
  13. Sunday Lauds. Introduction Psalm 66 2:46
  14. Hymn: Splendor paternæ gloriæ 3:41
  15. Psalm 92 2:00
  16. Psalm 99 2:02
  17. Psalm 62 3:16
  18. Canticle of the Three Youths Dan 3, 57-88 4:49
  19. Psalms 148 149 150 6:13
  20. The Word of God: Is 56, 7 Responsory 1:21
  21. Canticle of Zachary Luke 1, 68-79 4:22
  22. Kyrie eleison Litany Prayer 1:45
  23. Our Father 0:42
  24. Oration Conclusion Antiphon to Mary 2:37
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Product Description:
Only in complete silence, one starts to hear.
Only when language resigns, one starts to see.

In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary
about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready.

In 2007, the documentary film Into Great Silence came to American theaters. Audiences and critics embraced it immediately. After releasing the soundtrack to the film, Jade Music is proud to release Into Great Silence: Office of the Night.

This is the first time that any recording of the Office of the Night at the Grande Chartreuse is made available in its entirety. The two-CD album is a collection of chants, readings, prayers, and sounds of silence recorded by the film director Philip Gröning during his six-month stay at the monastery.

This Office of the Night appeared to me to be the core of the Monks life and spirituality, the heartbeat of the Order for more than 1000 years. I wanted to share my experience with an audience. - Philip Gröning



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Boring
I found this video a bit boring. It's better to buy a book with pictures in it, it felt like the same thing. I bought it bc the reviews were so high, but very disappointed. Read a book!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Carthusian Chants-A Different Kind of Gregorian chant
The sung offices and readings of the monks prayer services throughout the day and night are featured. Their chant is much less "flashy" and unadorned than that of Trappists or Benedictine monks. It fits with the austerity and solitude of Carthusian life. The austere chants are haunting.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent....just what I wanted.
I bought the DVD when it came out and was glad to be able to get the "soundtrack". Just what I wanted.


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Not Great Singing. A Marketing Rip-off
While I suppose this is meant to take a listener back into the movie, which I very much appreciate, and I bought it from Amazon, I did not realize what I was buying when I bought this CD. Having bought it, I feel ripped off: this, to my mind, is a ploy to extend revenues. For Gregorian Chant one can buy CDs of the monastic choirs of Solesmes and Fontgaumbult, to name only two sources of Gregorian Chant that have great sound quality and choirs. This "sound track" of the movie, complete with stray, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Peacful Contemplation
Ok, see the movie reviews for more details but if you don't have the time for 3 hours of blessed quiet, try this soundtrack which contains most of the spoken/chanted prayer portions from the movie. You can play it in the car on the way to work or whenever you need a bit of stress relief and know that these faith filled monks are praying for all of us around the world.
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