Product Description

With the continued success of Chant Music for the Soul, Decca is proud to announce a special holiday 2-CD edition of Chant. This set includes the original Chant CD with a bonus, 60-minute second CD of Advent and Christmas chants. At a two-for-one price this is the perfect gift to bring serenity into our hectic holiday lives.

The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz outside of Vienna landed their record deal with a YouTube clip and have gone on to dominate the Classical Billboard Chart. Their beautifully sung performances of traditional and authentic Gregorian chant have won them legions of fans around the world. This special edition will bring the monks joyous and calming music to even more people.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Antiphon "In Paradisum" et Psalmus 121 (122)
2. Responsorium "Subvenite"
3. Responsorium "Libera Me"
4. Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells
5. Missa pro defunctis: Introitus "Requiem aeternam"
6. Missa pro defunctis: Kyrie
7. Missa pro defunctis: Graduale "Requiem aeternam"
8. Missa pro defunctis: Tractus "Absolve Domine"
9. Missa pro defunctis: Offertorium "Domine Iesu Christe"
10. Missa pro defunctis: Sanctus
11. Missa pro defunctis: Post Elevationem: "Pie Iesu Domine"
12. Missa pro defunctis: Agnus Dei
13. Missa pro defunctis: Communio "Lux aeterna"
14. Ad Completorium: Deus in adiutorium
15. Ad Completorium: Hymnus "Te lucis ante terminum"
16. Ad Completorium: Psalmus 4
17. Ad Completorium: Psalmus 90 (91)
18. Ad Completorium: Pslamus
19. Ad Completorium: Lectio brevis
20. Ad Completorium: Responsorium breve
21. Ad Completorium: Canticum Simeonis "Nunc dimittis"
22. Ad Completorium: Kyrie
23. Ad Completorium: Oratio conclusive
24. Ad Completorium: Antiphona ad Beatam Mariam Virginem "Salve Regina"
25. Ad Completorium: Benedictio
26. Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells
27. Hymnus "Veni Creator Spiritus"
28. Introitus Dominica Pentecostes "Spiritus Domini"
29. Communio Dominica Pentecostes "Factus est repente"

Disc 2:

1. Advent Vespers: Hymn "Conditor Alme Siderum"
2. Advent Vespers: Magnificat with Antiphon "O Emmanuel"
3. Advent Vespers: Marian Antiphon "Alma Redemtoris Mater"
4. Advent Mass "Rorate": Introitus "Rorate Caeli"
5. Advent Mass "Rorate": Kyrie
6. Advent Mass "Rorate": Graduale "Tollite Portas"
7. Advent Mass "Rorate": Alleluia "Veni Domine"
8. Advent Mass "Rorate": Credo
9. Advent Mass "Rorate": Offertorium "Ave Maria"
10. Advent Mass "Rorate": Sanctus
11. Advent Mass "Rorate": Agnus Dei
12. Advent Mass "Rorate": Communio "Ecce Virgo"
13. Christmas Lauds: Hymn "A Solis Ortus Cardine"
14. Christmas Lauds: Benedictus with Antiphon "Hodie Christus Natus Est"
15. Christmas Lauds: Marian Antiphon "Sub tuum praesidium"
16. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Introitus "Puer Natus"
17. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Kyrie "Missa De Angelis"
18. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Gloria "Missa De Angelis"
19. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Graduale "Viderunt Omnes"
20. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Alleluia "Dies Sanctificatus"
21. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Credo
22. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Offertorium "Tui Sunt"
23. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Sanctus "Missa De Angelis"
24. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Agnus Dei "Missa De Angelis"
25. Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Communio "Viderunt Omnes"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43647 in Music
• Released on: 2008-11-18
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Extra tracks, Special Edition
• Dimensions: .27 pounds

Review
It's a gorgeous disc, beautifully recorded and sung with power and ethereal grace. There's a profound serenity to the music that is almost impossible to resist, and it makes a fine introduction to the genre. --The Washington Times

Customer Reviews

A Great Compilation !
I've never heard of this group before, but after some research, found them to be quite extraordinary. I've decided to give it a try, and I'm very pleased with it. It is quite relaxing to listen to them after a hard day's work. It is a 2-disc, so for this price, it is definitely worth the value.

Wow
This was the most inspirational CD I have ever heard!! I am buying this for all my friends, family, and monk buddies. If you are reading this...BUY IT!!!! you won't be sorry. I am now pursuing a career in Monasticism b/c of it. I love everyone.