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It is Mode 1 Solemn Tone for the Magnificat. It was recorded at Fontgombault Abbey in France by the Benedictine monks there. If I am not mistaken, this was the very recording of the Magnificat sung at Vespers for the feast of St. Benedict.

All a question of preference. I personally love chant with the organ, I think it gives it a beautiful watery kind of sound and blends really gorgeously with the voices, augmenting the dispersion of the sound in a big acoustic and the harmonic context brings out more of the modal colour of the chant. But that’s just my view as an organist who studied chant accompaniment so I’m a bit biased!

@@jenesuispassanslavoir7698 True.

@@jenesuispassanslavoir7698 Here is a good example of chant with a beautiful organ: ua-cam.com/video/9dBuutC47io/v-deo.htmlsi=0shoQGFC4q3cJUda

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@@cecillebarone9252 the earliest chant forms were done without organ, rather the part supplied here by the organ was supplied by voices.

Voilà peut-être la différence entre "la loi" et "l'esprit de la loi" !

​@@drenoul1493je ne pense pas. Le curieux de la chose c'est qu'ici les moines de Fontgombault qui suivent pourtant le style de Solesmes, s'en écarte sur l'interprétation d'une figure de neume. Dans ce cas là, autant aller jusqu'au bout.

I had some search. These recordings are from Fontgombault's Abbey. They are part of Solesmes congregation and the organist apparently bases himself in their method. You can search for Henri Potiron's accompaniments and treatises, but these recordings are somewhat simple to get the notes by ear.

Certainly this organ's timbre and registers have a big role on the magnificent of these recordings.

These are recordings of the Benedictine Monks of Fontgombault Abbey in France. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontgombault_Abbey

Actually these organ accompaniments are based on a early 20th century rescue of the Gregorian Chant made by Solesmes Abbey. Is true that till 19th century, these subtleties are been obsucured by the high level of harmony development at that time, so they decided to make a review and keep evolving starting from what they had at the middle ages. It's true that the chant will not be in his full finesse with the organ, but the instrument can produce a new layer to the music which is not necessarily bad. I think we can just divide a accompanied chant from a unaccompanied and look them differently, but not comparing which one is better.

Sublime canto che onora Nel giusto linguaggio gregoriano spesso non praticato x vari motivi ma il più alto dei canti magnifico

I believe many Gregorian chants were written by monks, but they would usually never sign their name to the compositions (in view of their humbleness). Because of that, many chants are just anonymous.

@@lucasorsot3345 Thanks, that was my hunch.

I agree totally. The French u sound can be very offputing to us Americans. And the closed, bright e is often out of touch with the darker, open "eh" sound. Welp! The French have been known for centuries to just do whatever they want.

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Oh darn. YT automatically labeled it as Flavigny. No. You are right. It is absolutely Fontgombault.

I agree

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