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Various Artists专辑介绍：圣乐主要是指西方基督教会的礼仪音乐。（以天主教和东正教会为主，基督教新大部分教派没有礼仪。）以及所有基督教会的神圣祈祷音乐。 音乐虽历史悠久，但可溯而知者，音乐歌曲最早是从一所教堂里传出来，之后不断的发展，如今音乐已遍满人迹所到之处，音乐也发生不少变化，在人们的认识中就被分为东方音乐；西方音乐；通俗；现代；古典；流行等类别。在整部欧洲音乐史中，基督教（天主教、东正教、基督新教）的教堂音乐一直处于主轴地位，圣乐主要是指天主教和东正教弥撒（弥撒在基督新教的部分教派里称为崇拜，许多的基督新教教派没有崇拜，没有礼仪。）中的礼仪音乐以及教会在祈祷时的神圣音乐。它既传达上帝给人们的启示，又表现信徒对上帝的崇敬、赞美、信靠和祈求。宗教音乐是欧洲艺术音乐的源头。在18世纪以前，欧洲音乐主要以教会音乐为主，而教会音乐则以圣咏为主。圣咏是指单声调，没有固定节拍的基督教歌曲，分东方圣咏和西方圣咏，前者例如亚美尼亚圣咏，拜占庭圣咏等，后者例如安布罗西圣咏，格里高利圣咏等。音乐史上的巴洛克与古典前中期时代，算是圣乐的高峰。18世纪启蒙时期之后，受到人文主义思潮影响，音乐开始向世俗化发展，且有意识地向世俗化发展以致进入蓬勃发展的时期，但教会音乐仍居中心地位。 GREAT SACRED MASTERPIECES Tallis • Allegri • Pergolesi • JS Bach • Handel • Haydn • Mozart • Mendelssohn • Beethoven • Verdi • Fauré Music has always had an important part to play in religious ritual. Records show that plainchant existed from as early as 3 AD, and centuries later it was to provide a foundation for early polyphony and for the great flowering of church music in the Renaissance, including the transcendent works of Tallis and Allegri. JS Bach wrote most of his music for the Lutheran church, including the magnificent Mass in B Minor and the two Passions. Handel also contributed to religious music in England, with the creation of oratorios such as Messiah which, when witnessed by Haydn years later, inspired him to write The Creation. In the nineteenth century the form flowered again with Felix Mendelssohn, himself responsible for bringing many sacred works by JS Bach back to musical prominence. He completed Elijah in 1846; a work that, although modeled on the Handelian oratorio, clearly reflected in its lyricism and use of orchestral and choral colour Mendelssohn’s own genius as an early-Romantic composer. Particular attention has been given over the years to settings of the Requiem Mass. This collection includes three versions—from contemplative Mozart, to awesome Verdi, and sublime Fauré. Without doubt, in the years to come, religion will continue to be the driving inspirational force behind many a composition.