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

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

    14. III: Completorium

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

    27. IV: Spiritus Domini

  27. Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus
  28. Introitus in Dominica Pentecostes: Spiritus Domini
  29. Communio in Dominica Pentecostes; Factus est repente

    30. CD-2

    Advent Vespers

  30. Hymn: Conditor Alme Siderum
  31. Magnificat with Antiphon: O Emmanuel
  32. Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemtoris Mater

    33. Advent Mass « Rorate »

  33. Introitus: Rorate Caeli
  34. Kyrie
  35. Graduale: Tollite Portas
  36. Alleluia; Veni Domine
  37. Credo
  38. Offertorium; Ave Maria
  39. Sanctus
  40. Agnus Dei
  41. Communio: Ecce Virgo

    42. Christmas Lauds

  42. Hymn: A Solis Ortus Cardine
  43. Benedictus with Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus Est
  44. Marian Antiphon: Sub tuum praesidium

    45. Christmas Mass « Puer Natus »

  45. Introitus: Puer Natus
  46. Kyrie: Missa De Angelis
  47. Gloria: Missa De Angelis
  48. Graduale: Viderunt Omnes
  49. Alleluia: Dies Sanctificatus
  50. Credo
  51. Offertorium: Tui Sunt
  52. Sanctus: Missa De Angelis
  53. Agnus Dei: Missa De Angelis
  54. 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