Chant – Music for the Soul (2 CDs edition)

Chant
Music for the Soul
Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz
Decca 001232202 [CDx2]

Contents:

    Cistercian Chant

    CD-1

    I: In Paradisum

  1. Antiphon: In Paradisum and Psalm
  2. Response: Subvenite
  3. Response: Libera me
  4. Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells
  5. II: Requiem

  6. Introitus: Requiem Æternam
  7. Kyrie
  8. Graduale: Requiem Æternam
  9. Tractus: Absolve
  10. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
  11. Sanctus
  12. Acclamatio Post Elevationem: Pie Iesu Domine
  13. Agnus Dei
  14. Communio: Lux Æterna
  15. III: Completorium

  16. Deus in adiutorium
  17. Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum
  18. Psalm 4
  19. Psalm 90 (91)
  20. Psalm 133
  21. Lectio brevis
  22. Responsorium breve
  23. Canticum Simeonis: Nunc dimittis
  24. Kyrie eleison
  25. Oratio conclusiva
  26. Salve Regina
  27. Benedictio
  28. Stift Heiligenkreuz bells
  29. IV: Spiritus Domini

  30. Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus
  31. Introitus in Dominica Pentecostes: Spiritus Domini
  32. Communio in Dominica Pentecostes; Factus est repente
  33. CD-2

    Advent Vespers

  34. Hymn: Conditor Alme Siderum
  35. Magnificat with Antiphon: O Emmanuel
  36. Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemtoris Mater
  37. Advent Mass « Rorate »

  38. Introitus: Rorate Caeli
  39. Kyrie
  40. Graduale: Tollite Portas
  41. Alleluia; Veni Domine
  42. Credo
  43. Offertorium; Ave Maria
  44. Sanctus
  45. Agnus Dei
  46. Communio: Ecce Virgo
  47. Christmas Lauds

  48. Hymn: A Solis Ortus Cardine
  49. Benedictus with Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus Est
  50. Marian Antiphon: Sub tuum praesidium
  51. Christmas Mass « Puer Natus »

  52. Introitus: Puer Natus
  53. Kyrie: Missa De Angelis
  54. Gloria: Missa De Angelis
  55. Graduale: Viderunt Omnes
  56. Alleluia: Dies Sanctificatus
  57. Credo
  58. Offertorium: Tui Sunt
  59. Sanctus: Missa De Angelis
  60. Agnus Dei: Missa De Angelis
  61. Communio: Viderunt Omnes

Performers:
[1]-[29] Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz
Fathers: Alkuin, Bernhard, Christian, Ferdinand, Karl (press), Kosmos, Lukas, Philipp Neri, Pirmin, Simeon
Brothers: Bernhard, Damian, Edmund, Emmanuel, Ignatius, Johannes-Paul, Kilian, Laurentius, Martin, Nikodemus, Otto, Raphael, Vinzen Vinzenz
Father Simeon, dir. & Father Philipp Neri, a/dir.
[30]-[54] Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

Playing time: 52' 45" + 60' 55" = 1h 53' 40"

Recording site and date:
[1]-[29] Sanctuary of the Relic of the Holy Cross, Cistercian abbey of Stift Heiligenkreuz, near Vienna, Austria [03-04/2008];
[30]-[54] Cistercian abbey of Stift Heiligenkreuz, near Vienna, Austria [ca 09/2008];
Rel.: 2008

Excerpts:
[1]-[29] Decca 001148902 [CD] Music for the Soul – Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

Reviewed in:
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 32/5-302 (May/June 2009), 32/6-295 (Jul./Aug. 2009)

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Pierre-F. Roberge