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Chant Music for the Soul (Holiday Edition) (Spec)

Search: Ad Completorium: Psalmus 90 (91)
by: Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

November 18, 2008

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Chant - Music for Paradise (Special Edition)

Search: Ad Completorium: Psalmus 90 (91)
by: Monks of The Cistercian Abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz

November 17, 2008
If you're like me you may not be too enthralled by listening to religious music. Saying that though, you are missing out on something that is very relaxing. You can put this album on and just listen to it, or play it as background music whilst doing something else (as I do).

Many people like me have found that listening to Gregorian Chant (named after Pope Gregory the Great), has a very relaxing influence and seems to help to de-stress. So, even if you are not religious you can still appreciate something to help cope with todays hectic lifestyles.

This has been recorded by the Cistercian monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, which is apparently in the Vienna Woods and was founded in 1133. What they have produced is something ... Read More:

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Chant

Search: Ad Completorium: Psalmus 90 (91)
by: Cistercian Monks Of Stift Heiligenkreuz

May 19, 2008
This Cistercian abbey has a continous history since its foundation. My only criticsm is that according to the Rule Cistercians should chant in the Ambrosian mode - very slow & ponderous, and this CD is a little too fast. One of the plus points is that Cistercians do not have choir boys so the overall effect is a deeper more inspiring chant.