Mark Praigg writes:
There’s a lovely Mass (musically anyway) from Notre-Dame de Paris with a rather modern (choral) setting of parts of the Ordinary in Greek and Latin. I thought the chanting of the women of the Offertory proper was lovely. The whole assembly sang the De Angelis Gloria and Credo III in alternation with the choir/schola.
I’ve really enjoyed listening to this. The texture of the hymns reminds me of Charpentier, but maybe that’s just the French style I’m hearing. The Gloria is indeed interesting, and I say that as no great fan of De Angelis Gloria. You can see here how adding rich accompaniment and introducing alternating voices changes the character even farther away from the Gregorian than it already is.
The processional hymn is "Vierge Sainte, Dieu t'a choisie". We are singing this for Advent IV–"When creation was begun, God had chosen you to be Mother of his blessed Son." A charming, carol-hymn.
The mass setting is the Missa Brevis by Grayston Ives. My favorite movement is actually the Gloria, but it does take quite a choir to pull it off.
Watching this video led me to discover the opening hymn, which I also will be using–truly lovely (for anyone in North America, it is number 632-A in D'une même voix).
Musically a lot better than a televised Vespers from ND I caught earlier this year when the entire choral resources consisted of a lone female in a blue frock warbling the psalms in French. As it was Lent, there wasn't even the consolation of some decent organ music.
Incidentally, the Offertorium was not proper to the feast, but a shortened version of the one for Advent 4.