Paschale Mysterium

Paschale Mysterium
Cover artwork of the 1998 CD resissue
Studio album by
Recorded7–9 January 1976
VenuePfarrhof Reuth, Aicha vorm Wald, Bavaria, Germany
GenreGregorian chant
Length49:31
Label(6575 076)
ProducerWolf Erichson

Paschale Mysterium is a Gregorian chant album by German choir Capella Antiqua München conducted by Konrad Ruhland, released in 1977 by Seon Records and Philips Records.[1]

Several samples of the album were used without permission for the album MCMXC a.D. by Enigma. An example is the antiphon "Procedamus in pace!" which was used in the track "Sadeness (Part I)". The track appeared as a single in late 1990, shortly before the album was released. After a lawsuit in 1994, compensation was paid.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Nos Autem Gloriari Opertet" (Introitus)
  2. "Procedamus In Pace! - Cum Angelis + Psalm 24 (23), Verses 7-10" (Antiphon)
  3. "Ave, Rex Noster, Fili David" (Antiphon)
  4. "Hoc Corpus, Quod Pro Vobis Tradetur" (Communio) (Liber Usualis, No 573b)
  5. "Ubi Est Caritas Et Dilectio" (Antiphon)
  6. "Congregavit Nos In Unum - Ubi Caritas Et Amor + Psalm 133 (132), Verse 1" (Antiphon)
  7. "Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem (St. John Passion) Excerpts: Joh. 18, 33, 36-37; 19, 1.5-6.15)
  8. "Ecce Lignum Crucis" (Acclamation)
  9. "Popule Meus & Crucem Tuam" (Improperien)

Side two

  1. "Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae (Lectio I, Feria V)"
  2. "Recessit Pastor Noster (Responsorium IV)"
  3. "Oratio Jeremiae Prophetae (Lectio IX, Sab. S.)"
  4. "Kyrie Eleison - Respice, Quaesumus, Domine"
  5. "Hac Die, Quam Fecit Dominus - Elogium: Christus Dominus Resurrexit!"
  6. "Halleluia & Psalm 117 (116) - 1-2 + Doxologie"

Personnel

Performers

Production

  • Wolf Erichson – producer
  • Dieter Thomsen – recording engineer

References

  1. ^ Brownfield, Troy (23 January 2023). "The Biggest Foreign Language Hit Songs in U.S. History". The Saturday Evening Post. Retrieved 16 May 2025.