CD-Charts Position 1
Average Rating:

.

Rachmaninov - Vespers

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Cambridge King's College Choir

Release Date March 15, 1999
Written in 1916 in the depths of his depression over what was happening to his beloved native Russia, Rachmaninoff poured his soul into this work.

And what a work it is! Mr. Cleobury and the boys of Kings College do a superb job of bringing its every mournful nuance to life. Better than any Russian version I've heard!

To have died and never to have experience this music would be sad indeed, for through its sadness there is a radiance which transcends and carries one away to blissful places then gently back again.

CD-Charts Position 2
Average Rating:

.

Women in Chant - Recordare

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Regina Laudis Abbey Benedictine Nuns

Release Date September 11, 2001
Written in 1916 in the depths of his depression over what was happening to his beloved native Russia, Rachmaninoff poured his soul into this work.

And what a work it is! Mr. Cleobury and the boys of Kings College do a superb job of bringing its every mournful nuance to life. Better than any Russian version I've heard!

To have died and never to have experience this music would be sad indeed, for through its sadness there is a radiance which transcends and carries one away to blissful places then gently back again.

CD-Charts Position 3
Average Rating:

.

Chant - Music for Paradise (Special Edition)

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Monks of The Cistercian Abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz

Release Date 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:

CD-Charts Position 4
Average Rating:

.

Chant

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Cistercian Monks Of Stift Heiligenkreuz

Release Date 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.

CD-Charts Position 5
Average Rating:

.

Chant - Music for Paradise

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

Release Date July 22, 2008
CONTEMPLATION IN A CLOISTER !

That the calm and the serenity conveyed by these chants, which have survived for approximately 1,500 years, is still relevant today, can be readily appreciated by the fact this recording stayed at the top of the best seller list an inordinately long period of time upon its release.

In addition, if one has a sense of history, listening to this music is like peering through a window into the distance past. The intervening hundreds of years seem to melt away.

Listening to this fascinating CD, one is transported several hundred years back in time to the peace and serenity of a medieval cloister. Gregorian chant has a mystical quality all its own; there is no instrumental to complicate ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
Average Rating:

.

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

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

Release Date November 18, 2008
CONTEMPLATION IN A CLOISTER !

That the calm and the serenity conveyed by these chants, which have survived for approximately 1,500 years, is still relevant today, can be readily appreciated by the fact this recording stayed at the top of the best seller list an inordinately long period of time upon its release.

In addition, if one has a sense of history, listening to this music is like peering through a window into the distance past. The intervening hundreds of years seem to melt away.

Listening to this fascinating CD, one is transported several hundred years back in time to the peace and serenity of a medieval cloister. Gregorian chant has a mystical quality all its own; there is no instrumental to complicate ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
Average Rating:

.

Rachmaninov - Vespers

Search: Nunc Dimittis
from: Virgin Classics

Release Date May 01, 1995
CONTEMPLATION IN A CLOISTER !

That the calm and the serenity conveyed by these chants, which have survived for approximately 1,500 years, is still relevant today, can be readily appreciated by the fact this recording stayed at the top of the best seller list an inordinately long period of time upon its release.

In addition, if one has a sense of history, listening to this music is like peering through a window into the distance past. The intervening hundreds of years seem to melt away.

Listening to this fascinating CD, one is transported several hundred years back in time to the peace and serenity of a medieval cloister. Gregorian chant has a mystical quality all its own; there is no instrumental to complicate ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
Average Rating:

.

Ensemble Organum - Le Chant des Templiers

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Anonymous

Release Date October 30, 2006
CONTEMPLATION IN A CLOISTER !

That the calm and the serenity conveyed by these chants, which have survived for approximately 1,500 years, is still relevant today, can be readily appreciated by the fact this recording stayed at the top of the best seller list an inordinately long period of time upon its release.

In addition, if one has a sense of history, listening to this music is like peering through a window into the distance past. The intervening hundreds of years seem to melt away.

Listening to this fascinating CD, one is transported several hundred years back in time to the peace and serenity of a medieval cloister. Gregorian chant has a mystical quality all its own; there is no instrumental to complicate ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
Average Rating:

.

The World of Gregorian Chant

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Choir Of The Carmelite Priory, London John McCarthy

Release Date September 15, 1997
CONTEMPLATION IN A CLOISTER !

That the calm and the serenity conveyed by these chants, which have survived for approximately 1,500 years, is still relevant today, can be readily appreciated by the fact this recording stayed at the top of the best seller list an inordinately long period of time upon its release.

In addition, if one has a sense of history, listening to this music is like peering through a window into the distance past. The intervening hundreds of years seem to melt away.

Listening to this fascinating CD, one is transported several hundred years back in time to the peace and serenity of a medieval cloister. Gregorian chant has a mystical quality all its own; there is no instrumental to complicate ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
Average Rating:

.

Sceptred Isle [BOX SET]

Search: Nunc Dimittis
by: Various Artists

Release Date March 06, 2000
CONTEMPLATION IN A CLOISTER !

That the calm and the serenity conveyed by these chants, which have survived for approximately 1,500 years, is still relevant today, can be readily appreciated by the fact this recording stayed at the top of the best seller list an inordinately long period of time upon its release.

In addition, if one has a sense of history, listening to this music is like peering through a window into the distance past. The intervening hundreds of years seem to melt away.

Listening to this fascinating CD, one is transported several hundred years back in time to the peace and serenity of a medieval cloister. Gregorian chant has a mystical quality all its own; there is no instrumental to complicate ... Read More: