Masters of Chant
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December 6, 1999 |
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Masters of Chant (English for: " Master of Chants ") is the second album of the Gregorian music project , which was released on St. Nicholas Day 1999. The album features cover versions of popular songs in the Gregorian style . The album was produced by Frank Peterson .
Emergence
Work on the album began in 1998 after Frank Peterson was in a monastery in Italy and listening to the chants of the monks. The singing mingled with the beats of a walkman heard by a boy next to him.
Publications
The album was released as a normal compact disc. In 2002 the DVD for the album Gregorian was released in Santiago de Compostela . A Diamond Edition followed in 2006 with an identical track list, in 2007 it was published in the Earbook Chants & Mysteries , in 2009 the album Chants & Visions Chapter I was released , which contained the album and the DVD. There are also 2 bonus tracks on the album: Mad World (Live from Berlin) & Angels (Live from Berlin). In France, the name of the album is Masters of Chant Chapitre II . In Japan, China and the USA the album had 2 bonus tracks: Breathe (original artist: Sixpence None the Richer) and Make Us One ( original composition).
Track list
- Brothers in Arms (Mark Knopfler) - 5:09 (Original artist : Dire Straits )
- Scarborough Fair (traditional) - 4:06 (Original artist : Simon and Garfunkel )
- Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton, Will Jennings) - 4:43 (Original artist : Eric Clapton )
- Still I'm Sad (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) - 4:02 (Original artist : The Yardbirds )
- When a Man Loves a Woman (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright) - 4:08 (Original artist : Percy Sledge )
- Nothing Else Matters (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich) - 5:30 (Original artist : Metallica )
- Fade to Gray ( Billy Currie , Christopher Payne, Midge Ure) - 3:38 (Original artist : Visage )
- Losing My Religion ( Bill Berry , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , Michael Stipe ) - 5:01 (Original artist : REM )
- Vienna ( Midge Ure , Chris Cross , Warren Cann , Billy Currie ) - 4:22 (Original artist : Ultravox )
- The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon) - 3:35 (Original artist : Simon and Garfunkel )
- Sebastian (Steve Harley) - 3:05 (Original artist : Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel )
- Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel) - 5:22 (Original artist : Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush)
- Save a Prayer (Simon Le Bon, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes) - 4:54 (Original artist : Duran Duran )
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2) - 4:14 (Redio Edit, original interpreter: U2 )
reception
The album sold very well internationally, reaching number 38 in the album charts in Germany (first entry: 01/2000). It got gold in Australia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore and South Africa and platinum in Portugal and the Philippines.
swell
- ↑ a b Biography ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Gregorian at Sony, accessed November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Masters Of Chant (Diamond Edition) at buch.ch, accessed on November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Chants & Mysteries at weltbild.de, accessed on November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Chants & Visions Chapter I at hitparade.ch , accessed on November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Masters of Chant at charts.de, accessed on November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Sources for awards for record sales: Australia , Germany , Hungary , Norway ( Memento of November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
