We hear the bells ring, the benches that creak, a page that is wrinkled. We imagine almost the tunic of the sisters graze the slabs. The abbey of Notre-Dame-de-Fidélité de Jouques near Aix-en-Provence, 45 benedictine are in the process of making, at a time when the talk is, the longer recording of the musical story. A full gregorian chants, which set the rhythm of their monastic life. A project which will last 8000 hours came to an end. Almost 300 days.
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Thirty years after the first burned disc by Naxos, the religious are again recorded in the abbey, where they find themselves seven times a day, from lauds to compline. A building of the ochre colour of the 1960s. Eight microphones, tells our sister of Aleteia , have been prepared since the month of march, 2019 by an engineer of the american sound, John Anderson, the originator of the project. The man, who also manages a record label dedicated to jazz and classical, and has discovered the beauty of gregorian chant, thanks to her aunt, a member of the community. “There is something beyond our individuality, entrusted it to the british radio Classic FM. It is music that guides you immediately to eternity and spirituality.”