Masters of Chant Chapter IX by Gregorian
Masters of Chant Chapter IX is the 2013 instalment in Gregorian's long-running series of chant covers. As before, the choir reaches across rock, pop, and film score, from a U2 anthem to an R.E.M. ballad. I came back to it for the way it finds the prayer hidden inside familiar songs.
Why listen?
The arrangements are stately and reverent, layered male voices over soft orchestration. The production is smooth and warm, made for quiet hours. Hearing a modern hit slowed to chant uncovers a longing the original kept moving past. There is a calm here that settles a busy mind. It is music for the end of a long day.
Favourite song: Where the Streets Have No Name
The U2 anthem, reborn as slow, rising chant. The choir lets the opening swell build like a sunrise and then keeps it patient.
The moment the full voices gather feels like a cathedral filling with sound, vast and echoing. It reminds me of climbing out of a wooded valley into open light, the path suddenly wide and the air clear. The original always reached for something beyond the city; sung this way it becomes almost a hymn.
Key takeaway
Masters of Chant Chapter IX is a calm, reverent reworking of songs you thought you knew. Best heard whole and unhurried.
Tracklist
- Gloria
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Now We Are Free
- Desire
- Everybody Hurts
- Back to You
- Leningrad
- Stay
- People Help the People
- Woman in Chains
- Precious
- Ready to Go Home
- What Now My Love
Details
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Artist | Gregorian |
| Release year | 2013 |
| Length | 58 min |
| Tracks | 13 |
| Label | Edel |
| Standout moment | Where the Streets Have No Name |
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