Disc recorded in the Sistine Chapel for the first time – Milenio.com

The Vatican presented today called this album “Cantate Domino,” which went on sale on September 25 and has been produced by the German label Deutsche Grammophon Records , specializing in classical and owned by Universal Music Group music.

This is the second time the choir of the Chapel Sistine put voice one of the discs of this label, as in 2014 and worked for the CD “We Have a Pope”.

However, it is the first time in history in which the Chapel Sistine opens and allows the recording of a CD inside.

It is therefore an extraordinary opportunity, as said the prefect of the Papal Household and secretary Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein.

“The Chapel Sistine , at least symbolically, is the center of spiritual and liturgical life Pope’s house “Gänswein said.

Under the direction of Massimo Palombella, singers twenty adults and thirty children choristers form the papal choir called staff interpret compositions of Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso and Tomas Luis Victoria, who were expressly written for the choir of the Chapel Sistine and that you can also listen to any music lover.

In the repertoire are included two pieces of Gregorian chant and other treasures as the original version of “Miserere” by Gregorio Allegri, or the song “Nunc Dimittis”, attributed to Palestrina and is still used during papal celebrations, explained the Vatican.

“In fact, all the music on the CD is usually used by the Musical Chapel Pontifical in the celebrations of the pope,” said choir director Palombella in the press conference of presentation.

For the recording, the mixer was placed in an antechamber next to the “Sala del Pianto” place where the newly elected pope gets his first papal attire.

The album and invites listeners to dive into a world of sounds and notes of classical and religious music of centuries old imagination to fly and move to the interior of the Chapel Sistine , famous and admired among other things, the wonderful frescoes decorating the vault and lunettes, which were painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

“The combination of unprecedented acoustics of the Chapel Sistine and the approach to the interpretation of these songs written for centuries to create and feel a unique and magical atmosphere, “said the president of Deutsche Grammophon, Mark Wilkinson.

Wilkinson defended the beauty and magic of this album that he said has the ability to tell the “story of a special music” and transmit a unique sound to a global audience.

The songs on the album will be interpreted today by the Vatican choir inside the Chapel Sistine .

As for the money raised from the sale of the album, the Holy See reported that will go to charity, at the request of Pope Francisco.

Founded in 1898, Deutsche Grammophon is one of the most internationally recognized labels and has worked with top level personalities like German violinist Anne Sophie Mutter; violinist and conductor Gidon Kremer; or the composer, pianist and conductor Leonard Bernstein.