Gregorian – Winter Chants (Deluxe Edition) (2014)

New Age / Choral

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Tracklist:
01. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
02. Jubilee (feat. Abbey)
03. Dancing In The Snow
04. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring (feat. Narcis)
05. O Holy Night
06. Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)
07. Frozen World (feat. Amelia Brightman)
08. Colder Than Winter
09. Noel Nouvelet
10. Ave Maria (feat. Narcis)
11. Cold November Nights (feat. Amelia Brightman)
12. Hallelujah
13. Vanished Like The Snow
14. Mistletoe And Wine (feat. Amelia Brightman)
15. I Believe In Father Christmas
16. Away In A Manger
17. Coventry Carol
18. The Christmas Song

Audio CD (31. October 2014)
CD: 1
Label: Starwatch Entertainment (Sony Music)
ASIN: B00O2H8GFI
Genre: New Age
Quality: 320 kbps
Total Time: 61:42
Total Size: 142 Мb

About:
Gregorian is a German band headed by Frank Peterson that performs Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. The band features both vocal harmony and instrumental accompaniment.
Originally, Gregorian was conceived as a more pop-oriented group in the vein of Enigma. Under this concept, they recorded the 1991 album Sadisfaction, with lead vocals provided by The Sisters of Oz: Susana Espelleta (Peterson's wife at the time) and Birgit Freud. However, this was the only album in that style.
In 1998, Peterson and his team of Jan-Eric Kohrs, Michael Soltau and Carsten Heusmann re-invented the project to perform popular songs in the Gregorian style. The criteria for song selection were strict; in order to be considered, a song needed to be translatable into the 7-tone scale. For each album, songs were carefully chosen in addition to original songs written by Jan-Eric Kohrs, Amelia Brightman and Carsten Heussman. Twelve vocalists - previously acclaimed session and choir singers - were then hired to record the tracks.
Each Gregorian album is initially digitally tracked at Nemo Studios, Peterson's Hamburg studio. The vocalists then record their parts in a church atmosphere with dimmed lights and candles, in order to escape what Peterson referred to in a 2001 interview as the "cold and technical" studio atmosphere.
The concept proved to be successful, and the group proceeded to record several more Masters of Chant albums in the same style. Their 2004 album, The Dark Side, was a slight departure from the others, featuring a darker repertoire consistent with the title.
In 2005, The Masterpieces, a compilation album with a live DVD, was released. A fifth Masters of Chant album was released on 31 March 2006. In 2006, a festive album was also released, titled Christmas Chants. A sixth Masters of Chant album was released on 28 September 2007. In 2009 a seventh Masters of Chant album followed. Gregorian in 2009
On 8 September 2010 the next album, titled The Dark Side of Chant, was announced to be published on 15 October 2010.
On 14 September 2012 a new album titled Epic Chants was published with the collaboration of the Australian newcomer Eva Mali.