CHANT, Music for Paradise by The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

Cover Art of the Recording of the Cistercian Monks

Another recording I've been listening to this summer is the popular recording of the Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz. This is not Gregorian Chant at its best but the recording is great and serves the purpose of leading the listener to thoughts of God and heavenly things. The singing is impeccable and the music so pure from the impurities of these world. No heavy orchestrations but a gentle sound like a breeze of fresh air touching our face in one wonderful morning of spring.

The songs are popular for Gregorian Chants afficionados or for those who are liturgically literate:

1. Antiphona 'In Paradisum' and Psalm 121

2. Responsorium 'Subvenite'

3. Responsorium 'Libera Me'

4. Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells

5. Requiem (Missa Pro Defunctis)

6. Completorium

7. Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells

8. Hymnus 'Veni Creator Spiritus'

9. Introitus 'Spiritus Domini'

10. Communio 'Factus est repente'

This recording gives us the opportunity to taste the Spiritual Font arising from the liturgical treasury of the Cistercian Monks. Enjoy it.