Cistercian Monks: Chant Music for Paradise - CD

The Cistercian abbey of Heiligenkreuz is located in the Vienna Woods, about 15 km southwest of Vienna. Heiligenkreuz Monastery is the most popular tourist destination around Vienna. The monks from this abbey recorded a CD with their chants. Gregorian chant is a very old and proven form of monophonic sung prayer.

The Gregorian chant is sung in Latin, which is still the official language of the Western Roman Catholic Church. Because it contains many vowels, Latin has the advantage of being very melodic. Thus, the Gregorian chant is not simply music, but a “sung prayer“ that is not only to calm, but also to give strength. The album reached the top ten best-selling albums not only in Austria, but also in Britain, for example!

Content: Disc: 1 Antiphon “In Paradisum“ et Psalmus 121 (122) Responsorium “Subvenite“ Responsorium “Libera Me“ Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells Missa pro defunctis: Introitus “Requiem aeternam“ Missa pro defunctis: Kyrie Missa pro defunctis: Offertorium “Domine Iesu Christe“ Missa pro defunctis: Sanctus Missa pro defunctis: Post Elevationem: “Pie Iesu Domine“ Missa pro defunctis: Agnus Dei Missa pro defunctis: Communio “Lux aeterna“ Ad Completion: Deus in adiutorium Ad Completorium: Hymn “Te lucis ante terminum“ Ad Completorium: Psalm 4 Ad Completion: Psalmus 90 (91) Ad Completion: Pslamus 133 Ad Completion: Lectio brevis Ad Completorium: Responsorium breve Ad Completorium: Concluding Oratio Ad Completorium: Antiphona ad Beatam Mariam Virginem “Salve Regina“ Ad Completorium: Benedictio Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells Hymn “Veni Creator Spiritus“ Introitus Dominica Pentecostes “Spiritus Domini“ Communio Dominica Pentecostes “Factus est repente“ Disc: 2 Advent Vespers: Hymn “Conditor Alme Siderum“ Advent Vespers: Magnificat with Antiphon “O Emmanuel“ Advent Vespers: Marian Antiphon “Alma Redemtoris Mater“ Advent Mass “Rorate“: Introitus “Rorate Caeli“ Advent Mass “Rorate“: Kyrie Advent Mass “Rorate“: Graduale “Tollite Portas“ Advent Mass “Rorate“: Alleluia “Veni Domine“ 39 Advent Mass “Rorate“: Offertorium “Ave Maria“ Advent Mass “Rorate“: Sanctus Advent Mass “Rorate“: Agnus Dei Advent Mass “Rorate“: Communio “Ecce Virgo“