In the Mailbox: Chant CD from Into Great Silence

Courtesy of the producers, I today received a CD of chant entitled Office of the Night: The Monks of the Grand Chartreuse, which you may remember, opened their doors for the unique documentary Into Great Silence.

I'm seriously excited to hear it. Here is the description:

In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready.

In 2007, the documentary film Into Great Silence came to American theaters. Audiences and critics embraced it immediately. After releasing the soundtrack to the film, Jade Music is proud to release Into Great Silence: Office of the Night.

This is the first time that any recording of the Office of the Night at the Grande Chartreuse is made available in its entirety. The two-CD album is a collection of chants, readings, prayers, and sounds of silence recorded by the film director Philip Gröning during his six-month stay at the monastery.

Devoted listners will be happy to know that the accompanying CD materials contain the lyrics (both latin and english) for the entire CD, as well as a short description of the monks and the office of the night.