Chant: Music For The Soul | 
| Creators: Gregorian Chant, Recorded Sound
Label: Decca
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 273
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001148902
UPC: 028947668220
EAN: 0028947668220
ASIN: B0019D3DAQ
Release Date: July 1, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Antiphon In Paradisum and Psalm | | • | Response Subvenite | | • | Response Libera me | | • | Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells | | • | Introitus Requiem aeternam | | • | Kyrie | | • | Graduale Requiem aeternam | | • | Tractus Absolve | | • | Offertorium Domine Jesu Christe | | • | Sanctus | | • | Acclamato Post Elevationem | | • | Agnus Dei | | • | Communio Lux aeterna | | • | Deus in adiutorium | | • | Hymn Te lucis ante terminum | | • | Psalm 4 | | • | Psalm 90 (91) | | • | Psalm 133 | | • | Lectio brevis | | • | Responsorium breve | | • | Canticum Simeonis Nunc dimittis | | • | Kyrie | | • | Oratio conclusiva | | • | Salve Regina | | • | Benedictio | | • | Stift Heiligenkreuz bells | | • | Hymn Veni Creator Spiritus | | • | Introitus in Dominica Pentecostes | | • | Communio in Dominica Pentecostes |
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Album Description
Chant, is the most peaceful music imaginable. Chant: Music for the Soul, is the ultimate in relaxation and stress relief - the perfect antidote to our fast-moving modern world. Chant has proven to heal, calm and also give strength; its power is timeless and universal. Previous albums of chant have sold in the tens of millions. Further fueling the huge general demand is Chant's use in the smash-hit computer game Halo - this is chant for a new computer-gaming generation.
Album Description
Chant, is the most peaceful music imaginable. Chant: Music for the Soul, is the ultimate in relaxation and stress relief - the perfect antidote to our fast-moving modern world. Chant has proven to heal, calm and also give strength; its power is timeless and universal. Previous albums of chant have sold in the tens of millions. Further fueling the huge general demand is Chant's use in the smash-hit computer game Halo - this is chant for a new computer-gaming generation. One of the earliest known forms of music dating from the early Middle Ages, Gregorian chant was popularized by Enigma and the Benedictine Monks of Silos in the early and mid-1990s. Its hauntingly simple and hypnotic sound has attracted many followers, and Universal is determined to find the real masters of this music to perform a 21st Century version.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 solid effort July 1, 2008
J. Anderson (Monterey, CA USA)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
Kudos to the engineers for a beautifully resonant recording in the Stift Heiligenkreuz. The abbey, visited by Benedict XVI who has praised publicly the beauty of its liturgical chant, has created a consummately attractive collection of Gregorian melody that's become a hot international item. The singing itself, compared with Solesmes, is thicker and less spontaneous; the divine interior pulse of Gregorian chant seems often lost by over-consideration. The natural freedom of the singing at Solesmes is a benchmark, and often a spoiler when listening to other recordings; Solesmes' chant, as a musical art, exhibits a spiritual perfection. Chant from the Abbeys of En Calcat, St Maurice and St Maur and others, in its own way bears this kindred spiritual freedom rooted in Solesmes. The devotion of the monks of Heiligenkreuz is apparent, pure and strong, and naturally recommends this disc; musically, which is to say, spiritually, a stream different from Solesmes runs here. Differences between the two Orders although branches of the same tree of Benedict, and inevitable national traditions also figure. It's disappointing the Italian pronunciation of ecclesiastical Latin is transgressed at Heiligenkreuz, where a mixed classical pronunciation is used to chant the liturgical texts. A comparison of the Heiligenkreuz Compline with the Vespers and Compline recording from Solesmes is instructive musically and spiritually, and worth pursuing for those interested. This disc remains a solid effort that truthfully introduces a unique sacred music to countless people who know nothing of it, and will mostly please those who appreciate Gregorian chant. Get it with confidence. And check out as well the discs of chant from Solesmes.
 Never heard anything like this before July 1, 2008
Jeri Nevermind (Idaho)
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is amazingly beautiful. Imagine walking into Chartres cathedral on a rainy day. The sheer beauty and of the place overwhelms you with the feeling that you are in the presence of God. Then, from somewhere, music begins. It is lovely and otherworldly. The voices rise and fall, bringing goosebumps to your skin. It is something beyond time and beyond human knowledge.
That's the experience of this music.
Worth every penny and more.
Sublime August 3, 2008
C. URDAHL (Virginia, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been interested in Gregorian chant for at least 35 years. Over the years, I have recordings of the chant on cassette & a couple on CD, but this is by far the best. I purchased it on the the strength of an article in the New York Times in late June/early July about the monastery and the recording of some of their daily chant that they had agreed to do; I almost never purchase things on the strength of the recommendation in an article/review. Clearly, the article was persuasive. This the most supple, sublime performance of Gregorian chant I have ever heard. I am not Catholic, but rather a Lutheran, while at the same time being a student of yoga. This recording speaks to the need to die to oneself in the praise of the Divine as recommended in Protestant Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions. I would recommend this to anyone interested in an auditory representation of humanity's desire to connect with the Divine, especially someone looking for something that would aid devotion or meditation. This recording is utterly beautiful and conducive to facilitating an individual's pursuit of the Divine, notwithstanding my own less than perfect understanding of the Latin used in the chant.
good sampling of Gregorian chant August 1, 2008
T. Weber (Peoria, IL USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't care much for the Teutonic pronunciation of the Latin, but the musicality of these monks is quite good and makes for a prayerful collection of chants.
I love this July 12, 2008
Ariella Vaccarino (Los Angeles)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you liked Hildegard than you will be on board with Chant. It is the same of CD. I love this kind of music it is peaceful. Sets a great ambiance. Just try NOT stretching to it!
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