VEXILLA REGIS, Inno, Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis, Giovanni Vianini, Milano, Italia, Gregoriano, Ambrosiano, studio e pratica in liturgia

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Meravigliso.Cristo,nostro Re,abbi pietà di noi.

The Royal Banner forward goes,
The mystic Cross refulgent glows:
Where He, in Flesh, flesh who made,
Upon the Tree of pain is laid.
O Cross! all hail! sole hope, abide
With us now in this Passion-tide:
New grace in pious hearts implant,
And pardon to the guilty grant.
Thee, mighty Trinity! One God!
Let every living creature laud;
Whom by the Cross Thou dost deliver,
O guide and govern now and ever! Amen.
Abroad the Regal Banners fly,
Now shines the Cross's mystery;
Upon it Life did death endure,
And yet by death did life procure.
Hail, Cross, of hopes the most sublime!
Now in this mournful Passion time,
Improve religious souls in grace,
The sins of criminals efface.
Blest Trinity, salvation's spring,
May every soul Thy praises sing;
To those Thou grantest conquest
By the holy Cross, rewards apply. Amen

splendido ed intramontabile

hmmm the manuscript of Avila seems very different with this Vexilla regis...

Magnificent!  Thank you so very much for uploading this that we may hear this praise to God.

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Vexilla Regis prodeunt;
fulget Crucis mysterium,
quo carne carnis conditor
suspensus est patibulo.

The Royal Banner forward goes,
The mystic Cross refulgent glows:
Where He in Flesh, flesh who made,
Upon the Tree of pain is laid.

Quo vulneratus insuper
mucrone diro lanceae,
ut nos lavaret crimine,
manavit unda et sanguine.

Here the fell spear His wounded side
With ruthless onset opened wide:
To wash us in that cleansing flood,
Thence mingled Water flowed, and Blood.

Arbor decora et fulgida,
ornata Regis purpura,
electa digno stipite
tam sancta membra tangere.

O Tree in radiant beauty bright,
With regal purple meetly dight,
Thou chosen stem divinely graced,
Which hath those Holy Limbs embraced!

Beata, cuius brachiis
pretium pependit saeculi:
statera facta corporis,
praedam tulitque tartari.

How blest Thine arms, beyond compare,
Which Earth's Eternal Ransom bare!
That Balance where His Body laid,
The spoil of vanquished Hell outweighed.

Salve ara, salve victima,
de passionis gloria,
qua vita mortem pertulit
et morte vitam reddidit.

Hail wondrous Altar! Victim, hail!
Thy Glorious Passion shall avail!
Where death Life's very Self endured,
Yet life by that same Death secured.

O Crux ave, spes unica,
hoc Passionis tempore!
piis adauge gratiam,
reisque dele crimina.

O Cross, hail! only hope, abide
With us now in this Passiontide:
New grace in pious hearts implant,
And pardon to the guilty grant.

Te, fons salutis Trinitas,
collaudet omnis spiritus:
quos per Crucis mysterium
salvas, fove per saecula.  Amen

Thee, mighty Trinity, One God!
Let every living creature laud;
Whom by the Cross Thou dost deliver,
O guide and govern now and ever.  Amen

In collegio si cantava questo meraviglioso inno di gloria alla croce di Cristo la domenica di passione e il venerdi' santo. Stupendo.

A female choir? This is a battle song, not a lullaby. There IS variety in Gregorian Chant which comes from the context of the pieces sung. Vexilla Regis ought not be sung in the same manner as the funereal Libera Me Domine. The monks of Solemnes have produced marvelous texts. Now for their dramatic renditions.

It is an extraordinary composition.

Anche a me ricorda la mia infanzia. Lo sentivo nel vento,il canto veniva e svaniva, ora limpido ora lontano. Non sono cattolica, nemmeno "credente", ma ho amato da sempre i canti liturgici gregoriani.Peccato che dal Vaticano II il latino sia scomparso dalla cultura tradizionale. Certo non era conosciuto in quanto lingua, ma faceva parte di un patrimonio la cui obsolescenza ha lasciato un grande vuoto, anche nella sensibilità musicale delle generazioni postconciliari.

This is really beautiful! Do you mind if I use this for a small non-profit video I'm working on about religious art? It would make perfect background music. :) Thanks!

dillo a chi ha scritto il testo,io ho cantato quello che è scritto

Un grande lavoro sta faccendo il maestro Vianini a Milano per mantenere e promuovere il canto gregoriano. Facciamo tutti la parte che possiamo nei luoghi nostri, perche quasin non si usa il canto gregoriano non ostante che il concilio Vaticano II l'aveva raccomandadato. Grazie al maestro Vianini ed i cantori. Bravi tutti.

Thanks for you information, friend.

Yes, such is the beauty of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian Chant like this was developed during the reign of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who reigned as Bishop of Rome in the AD 500's. Gregorian Chant was beginning to be developed and employed starting about one-hundred and fifty years prior to Mohammad and the rise of Islam, and they express the Catholic Church's faith in the One Triune God, who gives salvation to all through Jesus Christ, the Savior of all the world.

only Love and God ,I'm 24 singer and actress and I love my GOD my Lord,I feel free,my Lord gave me free

i'm a MUSLIM and i'm really enjoying these chants !!!! .... it's really calm and touching , it helps me to relax !! even when i dont understand any thing !

Exquisitely beautiful!!!

stupendo inno alla Croce! Divinamente interpretato....ilcanto gregoriano è un esercizio spirituale di grande potenza!!