Catholic Latin Classics [Import]

This CD is given 5 stars by me, because, not only the music is mellifluous, but the richness of Latin is apodictic, once you hear the euphonious rendition of the hymns by the singers. John Eskola's Panis Angelicus is so good, that I couldn't stop playing it again and again. This wonderful hymn, written by St. Thomas Aquinas would move any "lukewarm" soul to get nearer to the Eucharist. And to speak the truth, every time I listen to Ave Maria version of Franz Schubert, wonderfully rendered in the form of a soprano by Lorelei McDermott, tears start rolling down my eyes, out of joy and out of divine grace. Folks, this CD will move you to an extent, that you will experience multiple levels of "divine ecstasy."

I have heard and fell in love with the hymns of O Salutaris Hostia and Tantum Ergo Sacramentum, but after listening to these great benediction songs in this CD, I even more fell madly love with these songs during the benediction of the blessed sacrament. Almost all the songs in this CD are great and Jubilae Deo of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was just splendiferous.

I extremely feel helpless, that we Catholics have lost the opportunity to either attend masses of Novo Ordo or Traditional Tridentine Mass. In the name of new era, we are standing as mute witnesses to the systematic elimination of wonderful works of yesteryears.

If you are a lukewarm, orthodox, carefree, or merely a Sunday catholic: each of you do have some element of divine-touch in this CD. Again, this review comes to you from an alien who is in no way connected to the Western Culture, but instantaneously fell in love with it and Latin, the primordial reason of which can be attributed to the euphonic collections in this CD.

And, one last thing: After listening to these melodic hymns, I have listened to numerous other singers' versions of Panis Angelicus and Ave Maria, but none has surpassed my expectations as I have on this one. Kudos John Eskola and Lorelei McDermott. Kudos to all the Cathedral Singers and Richard Prolux, the Conductor, of this CD. God's blessings will surely be upon you. I may order a few copies for all my relatives in India, to enjoy the divine graces that I obtained through this CD. Great stuff.

Domine Jesu Christe, gratias!