O Day of Resurrection

Enter into the peace of New Camaldoli Hermitage
Recorded within the splendid acoustics of the chapel at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California, this new collection of chant draws the listener into the peace of the monastery with its simple and meditative tones.

The Liturgy of the Hours for Sunday
The 27 hymns, prayers and psalms -- most of them chanted in English -- follow the community's singing of the Sunday Liturgy of the Hours, including Vigils, Lauds, Vespers and Compline, which closes with the traditional Salve Regina in a Gregorian mode.

Chant in the Camaldolese, Benedictine and Byzantine styles
The 22 Camaldolese Benedictine monks perform a style of plainsong, or a cappella chant, that is based on Gregorian chant, but with variations that are unique to the community. Because of their ties to eastern monasticism, they also employ some chants based on the Byzantine style in two and three part harmony, such as in the opening "Trisagion: Holy God" and in the exquisite "Our Father," a beautiful arrangement of a Rimsky-Korsakov composition.

New Camaldoli Hermitage is the home of Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam, who was involved in the production of O Day of Resurrection.