The Cappella Giulia

Fr. Pierre Paul, the force behind the new musical renaissance at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, has opened up a website completely dedicated to the musical life of the Vatican’s Basilica, with a focus on Gregorian chant and polyphony. Here we have a very beautiful thing: the Vatican setting a liturgical model for the Catholic Church around the world.

The site is Cappellagiulia.org.

It will post the liturgical schedule and a list of music sung (already you can see the chants from the Graduale here), and also here some great recordings, among which already:

Alma Redemptoris Mater Palestrina

Ave maris Stella – Perosi

Finita iam sunt proelia – Palestrina

Hym. Christe Redemptor omnium

Kyrie Octavi Toni – Lassus

2 Replies to “The Cappella Giulia”

  1. I just listened to the Lassus Kyrie.

    I hear beautiful phrases, absolutely gorgeous voices, wonderful blending, and a hundred other fantastic things.

    This is so incredibly encouraging on so many levels.

    I was not expecting singing of this quality. This is extraordinary.

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