Cat. No.: 179 1592
Barcode: 0602517915923
Label: Universal CD
Release Date: November

Andre Rieu | The Christmas I Love

ARTISTS

André Rieu

TRACK LISTING
1. O Daughter Of Zion           
2. White Christmas           
3. Sleigh Ride           
4. From Heaven High I Come To You           
5. Ave Maria           
6. Transeamus           
7. Softly Falls The Snow           
8. Evening Prayer           
9. Jingle Bells           
10. Lullaby                       
11. Mille Cherubini In Coro                       
12. Christmas Rose                        
13. Winter (From The Four Seasons)                       
14. O Tannenbaum                       
15. Every Year Anew           
16. Caro Mio Ben           
17. Come Little Children           
18. Pastorale           
19. The Holy City           
20. Silent Night           

Australia’s best-selling artist has a very special Christmas gift – a collection of some of the most tender carols personally chosen by him for this album and performed with the full forces of the Johann Strauss Orchestra and Choir.

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Cat. No.: 476 6955
Barcode: 0028947669555
Label: ABC Classics 3CD Box
Release Date: November

Various | A Night At…

ARTISTS

Various

TRACK LISTING

A Night at the Opera:
MOZART Overture from The Marriage of Figaro
HANDEL Lascia ch'io pianga from Rinaldo
MOZART Voi che sapete from The Marriage of Figaro
MOZART Là ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
MOZART Porgi amor from The Marriage of Figaro
DONIZETTI Una furtiva lagrima from The Elixir of Love
BIZET Au fond du temple saint from The Pearl Fishers
BIZET Toreador's Song from Carmen
DELIBES Flower Duet from Lakmé
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
VERDI Ritorna vincitor from Aida
PUCCINI O soave fanciulla from La bohème
PUCCINI Un bel dì from Madama Butterfly
PUCCINI Viene la sera from Madama Butterfly (excerpt)
PUCCINI O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
PUCCINI Nessun dorma from Turandot
DVORÁK Song to the Moon from Rusalka

A Night at the Proms:
ELGAR Land of Hope and Glory (Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1)
PARRY Jerusalem
ELGAR Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Op. 36
HOLST Jupiter from The Planets
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
GRAINGER Irish Tune from County Derry
COATES 'The Dam Busters' March
ELGAR Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. 40
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves

A Night at the Ballet:
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker (excerpts)
TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Waltz
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Waltz
DELIBES Coppélia: Mazurka
GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus and Eurydice
MINKUS (arr. Lanchbery) Don Quixote (excerpts)
LEHÁR (arr. Lanchbery) Pas de deux (Hanna and Danilo) from The Merry Widow
PUCCINI (arr. Lanchbery) One Fine Day (Butterfly and Suzuki) from Madame Butterfly
PUCCINI (arr. Hocking) Rodolfo’s Dream (Mimì and Rodolfo) from La Bohème – the Ballet
VERDI Aida Ballet Music
WEBER/BERLIOZ Invitation to the Dance from Le Spectre de la Rose (Spirit of the Rose)
PROKOFIEV Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
STRAVINSKY Infernal Dance from The Firebird
KATS-CHERNIN Eliza Aria from Wild Swans

A Night At… brings together three popular releases of fine music from ballet, opera, and Britain, in a beautiful box set. A Night at the Proms celebrates the soul-stirring music of England. A Night at the Ballet is a gorgeous selection of melodies to make you move or to inspire the young dancer in your family! A Night at the Opera will please connoisseurs and newcomers alike, with all the best arias and duets from 300 years of drama and passion. Featuring fine Australian performances, this is a set to treasure.

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Cat. No.: 480 1489
Barcode: 0028948014897
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: November

Various | Classic Carols for Christmas

ARTISTS

include Bryn Terfel, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Renata Tebaldi, Yvonne Kenny
and Renée Fleming

TRACK LISTING

O Come, All Ye Faithful
Away in a Manger
Mary’s Boy Child
Once in Royal David’s City
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Mariä Wiegenlied (Mary’s Lullaby)
Unto Us Is Born a Son
Silent Night
The Three Kings
The Little Drummer Boy
Pastorale from Locatelli’s Christmas Concerto
Mille cherubini in coro (A Choir of a Thousand Cherubs)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming)
In dulci jubilo (In Sweet Joy)
The Shepherd’s Carol
Sweet Li’l Jesus
The Angel Gabriel
The Wexford Carol
Carol of the Birds
The Silver Stars are in the Sky
Christmas Day
The Three Drovers
Night of Silence
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

What would Christmas be without Christmas carols? This superb collection includes all your favourites, from Silent Night and Away in a Manger to O Come, All Ye Faithful and Once in Royal David’s City, and features some of the finest voices in the world, including Bryn Terfel, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Renée Fleming. Exquisite music to celebrate that very special time of the year.

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Cat. No.: 476 6956
Barcode: 0028947669562
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: November

Gondwana Voices and Sydney Children’s Choir | Voices of Angels

ARTISTS

Gondwana Voices

TRACK LISTING

Salva nos Stella Maris
Gaudete from Piae Cantiones
A Flock of Stars
The Dominion of Dreams
The Lily and the Rose
Laudate for Another Place, Another Time
Frosty the Snowman – An Inconvenient Truth
Star Carol
Three works from Salvator Mundi
Silent Night
Mary’s Lullaby
Il est né le divin enfant
Walking in the Air
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
Noisy Day and A Goat in Rajasthan from Christmas Cards
O Come All Ye Faithful
What Sweeter Music
For the Beauty of the Earth
Angel’s Carol

Gondwana Voices and the Sydney Children’s Choir are amongst the finest children’s ensembles in the world. The sweet sounds of young voices in this enchanting selection of Christmas repertoire will make an ideal gift for friends overseas – or closer to home! Included are several traditional carols, as well as beautiful works from popular choral composers such as John Rutter and Bob Chilcott.

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Cat. No.: 478 1071 (Standard)
Barcode: 0028947810711
Label: Decca CD
Release Date: November

Cat. No.: 478 1072 (Limited Edition)
Barcode: 0028947810728
Label: Decca CD+DVD
Release Date: November

Andrea Bocelli | Incanto

ARTISTS

Andrea Bocelli (tenor)
Steven Mercurio (conductor)

TRACK LISTING

1. Un amore cosi grande
2. O' surdato 'nnammurato
3. Mamma
4. Voglio vivere cosi
5. Santa Lucia
6. Funiculi Funicula
7. Because
8. Vieni sul mar
9. Granada
10. Era de Maggio
11. A Marechiare
12. E vui durmiti ancora
13. Non ti scordar di me
14. Pulcinella

Andrea Bocelli's new studio album is a collection of the most famous Italian songs - including Mamma, Funiculi Funicula and Santa Lucia. They are the songs that have enchanted Bocelli since childhood. Released to coincide with his 50th birthday, the album is a personal tribute to his musical heritage.

Popularised through concert, radio and record and the film industry by the great tenors of the 19th and 20th centuries, this selection of songs is a celebration of the Italian tenor tradition. Thanks to the legendary voices of Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, Franco Corelli, Mario Lanza and Luciano Pavarotti, these songs have become a huge global export and fuelled the romance of generations to come.

Incanto is also a homage to love. It includes a group of songs that have told love stories in music for the past 170 years. The repertoire is a tribute to the many faces and places of love: love for a mother (Mamma); love for a woman (O surdato 'nammurato, Era di maggio, Un amore cosi grande, Non ti scordar di me ); love for a place (the pier in Santa Lucia, Mount Vesuvio in Funiculi Funicula); love for a city (Napoli, Granada) and love for a country (Italy).

Love for Italy, and a particular affection for Naples are prevalent themes throughout Incanto. Bocelli has chosen one contemporary Neapolitan song - the "tarantella" Pulcinella, which highlights his fond connection to Naples and the city's unique position in the past, present and future of Italian song.

The DVD (included in the Limited Deluxe Edition only) sets Bocelli's songs in the romantic context of 1950s Naples. The archive materials provide a nostalgic snapshot of 1950s glamour, when Naples was the honey pot for the rich and famous. The footage captures the spirit of romance and optimism during the days of Bocelli's childhood. The DVD includes an interview with Bocelli shot in different locations in Naples.

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Cat. No.: 476 6199
Barcode: 0028947661993
Label: UCJ CD
Release Date: November

All Angels | Into Paradise

ARTISTS

All Angels

TRACK LISTING

1. Sancte Deus (Nimrod) 
2. In Paradisum 
3. Make Me A Channel of Your Peace 
4. Swing Low 
5. The Scientist 
6. The Sound Of Silence 
7. Lament (Band of Brothers) 
8. Lift Up Your Voice (Arrival of The Queen of Sheba) 
9. Canzonetta Sull' aria 
10. Pie Jesu 
11. Singing You Through 
12. Nothing Compares 2 U 
13. Zadok The Priest 

‘Into Paradise’ is the second album from the popular female classical group. Packed full of timeless melodies that will please choral music fans everywhere, including the single 'Nothing Compares To You'.

Their first album was the UK's fastest-selling debut for a classical act!

United by their love of music, and by the freshness of youth, Melanie, Laura, Daisy and Charlotte combine to form a unique vocal quartet for the 21st century.

All aged 17 and 18, All Angels bring a fresh new sound – and a bright new look - to classical crossover music, with a repertoire spanning classical, choral, opera and pop.

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Cat. No.: 477 7639 (Standard Edition)
Barcode: 0028947776390
Label: DG CD
Release Date: November

Cat. No.: 477 7451 (Limited Edition)
Barcode: 0028947774518
Label: DG CD + DVD
Release Date: November

Anna Netrebko | Souvenirs (Hardcover Booklet - Limited Edition)

ARTISTS

Anna Netrebko, soprano
Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
Piotr Beczala, tenor
Andrew Swait, boy soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir (Chorus Master: Lukás Vasilek)
Prague Philharmonia
Emmanuel Villaume

TRACK LISTING

1. KÁLMÁN: "Heia, in den Bergen" from Die Csárdásfürstin
2. HEUBERGER: "Im Chambre séparée"from Der Opernball
3. LEHÁR: "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss" from Giuditta
4. CHARPENTIER: "Depuis le jour" from Louise
5. OFFENBACH: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
6. STRAUSS: Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2
7. GRIEG: "Solveigs Sang" from Peer Gynt
8. MESSAGER: "Lorsque je n'étais qu'une enfant" from Fortunio
9. DVORÁK: Kdyz mne stará matka, Op. 55 No. 4 (Songs My Mother Taught Me) from Gypsy Melodies
10. STRAUSS: Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1
11. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Ne veter, veya s vesote, Op. 43 No. 2 (Not the wind, blowing from the heights)
12. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Plenivsis' rozoy, solovey, Op. 2 No. 2 (Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale)
13. TRAD. JEWISH: Schlof sche, mein Vögele (Sleep well, my little bird)
14. LLOYD WEBBER: Pie Jesu from Requiem
15. HAHN: L'Énamouré (The Loved One)
16. GUASTAVINO: La rosa y el sauce (The Rose and the Willow)
17. GIMÉNEZ: "La tarántula é un bicho mú malo" (Zapateado) from La tempranica
18. ARDITI: Il bacio (The Kiss)

Soprano superstar Anna Netrebko steps away from the operatic stage to create her most personal and intimate album yet. For everyone who cannot live without “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß” – new hits are on the way! Souvenirs is a gorgeous collection of short and sparkling pieces that allow Anna to display her amazing voice and temperament.

“This recording is like a bridal bouquet, bursting with variety and colours,” says Anna Netrebko. “I want it to create a wonderful array of emotions – passion, fun, love, tenderness.”

The album includes repertoire from all over the world: French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Latin, Czech, Yiddish, Spanish and – of course – Russian. These are pieces that are very close to Anna’s heart and include treasures by Dvo?ák, Grieg, Carlos Guastavino, Reynaldo Hahn, Offenbach, Richard Strauss, as well as rarely performed songs by Rimsky-Korsakov.

For this special project, Anna is accompanied by conductor Emmanuel Villaume and the Prague Philharmonia. Villaume is well-known as the director of the Spoleto Festival (USA) and is a regular guest at major opera houses such as the Teatro La Fenice and the Met. He has previously worked with Anna in concert and is a perfect match for her passionate artistry.

On this album Anna Netrebko has a few stunning guests to partner with her: El?na Garan?a for Offenbach's Barcarole, Andrew Swait for Andrew Lloyd Webber's “Pie Jesu” (Requiem), Piotr Beczala for Heuberger's “Im Chambre Séparée”.

Stunningly talented, gorgeous and intelligent, Netrebko already has the music world at her feet making this one of THE albums of 2008, eagerly awaited by her legions of fans as well as all music lovers worldwide.

Limited Edition: This will be the perfect Christmas gift package for the fans. It will have CD + booklet, bonus DVD, postcards, poster and butterfly. A MUST HAVE!

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Cat. No.: 476 6972
Barcode: 0028947669722
Label: UCJ
Release Date: November

Katherine Jenkins | Sacred Arias

ARTISTS

Katherine Jenkins

TRACK LISTING

1 Abide With Me
2 Pie Jesu
3 The Lord is My Shepherd
4 Down In The River To Pray
5 May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You
6 Hallelujah
7 Panis Angelicus
8 In Paradisum
9 Silent Night
10 Ave Maria
11 Misa Criolla: Kyrie
12 Agnus Dei

Katherine has now sold over 2.5 million albums worldwide, and after such success she has decided to return to her roots for this beautifully arranged new album, turning to more classical repertoire than her most recent albums, with a programme of sacred music taken from her childhood days singing in her local church choir.

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Cat. No.: 476 3198
Barcode: 0028947631989
Label: UCJ CD
Release Date: November

Fron Choir | Voices of the Valley: Home

ARTISTS

The Fron Male Voice Choir

TRACK LISTING

1 Imagine
2 What A Wonderful World
3 Men of Harlech
4 Green Green Grass Of Home
5 Two Little Boys - Featuring Rolf Harris
6 Calon Lan - Featuring Cerys Matthews
7 Sailing By
8 Going Home - International Staff Band of The Salvation Army
9 Home – Featuring Will Martin
10 Myfanwy
11 Caccini: Ave Maria - Featuring Ann Atkinson
12 Silent Night
13 Fauré: Pie Jesu - Featuring Ann Atkinson

The Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir was formed in 1947 in the aftermath of WWII to promote neighbourly goodwill. The choir’s first members were mostly coal miners and local labourers. It is made up of 60 members, ranging in age from 16-84, with an average age of 66 and a combined age of 3974, making them the oldest boyband in the world!

The debut Universal album, Voices of the Valley, became the Best-Selling Classical Album of 2006. Voices of the Valley also became the Fastest-Selling Classical Album ever, selling quicker than The Three Tenors, Katherine Jenkins and Russell Watson

After becoming best-selling classical artists, their latest release has attracted a range of superstars including Welsh songstress Cerys Matthews, Michael Ball, former Welsh rugby international JPR Williams (in his recording debut), Rolf Harris and Kiwi singer Will Martin.

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Cat. No.: 178 9821
Barcode: 0602517898219
Label: Universal
Release Date: November

Andre Rieu | Waltzing Matilda - SING-ALONG EDITION

ARTISTS

Andre Rieu

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
1 Wiener Melange
2 Scarborough Fair
3 Waltzing Matilda
4 Treasure Waltz
5 La Vergine degli angeli
6 Wine, Women And Song
7 Botany Bay
8 Du und du
9 Thorn Birds: Theme
10 I Still Call Australia Home
11 Viennese Citizen
12 Benedictus
13 Charmaine
14 Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
15 Fledermaus Quadrille
16 Tie Me Kangaroo
17 Home Among The Gumtrees
18 Waltzing Matilda - Vocal Version

CD 2
1 Waltzing Matilda - singalong Version      
2 Botany Bay - singalong Version
3 I Still Call Australia Home - singalong Version
4 Tie Me Kangaroo - singalong Version  
5 Home Among The Gumtrees - singalong Version
6 McCormick: Advance Australia Fair

André Rieu and Australian singer Mirusia rode the Pop charts at No.1 for two weeks in a row with “Waltzing Matilda” and since release in April, this album has never been out of the Classical Charts.

For his much-anticipated tour, we’re releasing a limited edition 2CD set. The second CD contains instrumentals (sing-along versions) of all the Australian songs as well as a fully sung version of “Advance Australia Fair”.

This is André’s first “Sing-along” CD!

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Cat. No.: 477 7177
Barcode: 0028947771777
Label: DG CD
Release Date: November

Anna Netrebko | The Opera Gala - Live from Baden-Baden

ARTISTS

Anna Netrebko, soprano*
El?na Garan?a, mezzo soprano**
Ramón Vargas, tenor+
Ludovic Tézier, baritone++
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Marco Armiliato

TRACK LISTING

DONIZETTI: Una furtive lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)+
BELLINI: Casta Diva (Norma)*
DELIBES: Viens, Mallika ... Dôme épais le jasmine (Lakmé)* **
BIZET: Au fond du temple saint (Les pêcheurs de perles)+ ++
SAINT-SAËNS: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)**
VERDI: Oh! fede negar potessi … Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller)+
VERDI: Felice ancor io son … Per me giunto … Io morrò (Don Carlo)++
PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla (La Bohème)*+
VERDI: Un dì, se ben rammentoni … Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto)* ** + ++
CHAPÍ: Carceleras (Las hijas del Zebedeo)**
BIZET: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Carmen)++
VERDI: Brindisi (La traviata)* ** + ++

The Baden-Baden Gala– the hottest opera event of the summer.

The new faces of opera present opera favourites in a glamorous live concert recording: Anna Netrebko, El?na Garan?a, Ramón Vargas and the highly acclaimed young French baritone Ludovic Tézier sing a wide range of Italian and French opera arias.

This recording features highlights from three gala concerts (28 & 31 July, 3 August 2007) at Baden-Baden’s Festspielhaus.

The CD features the four young stars performing duets and the popular quartet ‘Bella figlia dell’amore’ from Rigoletto. Other highlights include Delibes’ famous flower duet from Lakmé for which Anna and El?na are the heaven-sent dream team! (Remember the British Airways TV spot with this music?!)

It is like having Christmas and Easter on one day to catch these young star artists in a single concert program, since they are all in great demand at international opera houses and concert halls. Tickets for all three concerts were sold out in just a few days.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON DVD

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Cat. No.: 477 7971
Barcode: 0028947779711
Label: DG CD
Release Date: November

Various | Christmas 'Round the World

TRACK LISTING

TRAD: I wonder as I wander
Musica Sacra · Richard Westenburg

HANDEL: "For unto us a child is born" from Messiah
Gabrieli Consort & Players · Paul McCreesh

JAKUB JAN RYBA: Rozmilý slaví?ku (Oh, you charming nightingale)
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano
Capella Regia Musicalis · Robert Hugo

W.G. JAMES: Carol of the Birds
David Miller, piano
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir · Antony Walker

RAMÍREZ: "La peregrinación" from Navidad Nuestra
Mercedes Sosa
Nicolás “Colacho” Brizuela, guitar · Jaime Torres, charango · Chango Farias Gómez, percussion · Oscar Giunta, double-bass · Leo Carabajal, wind instruments
Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires (Carlos López Puccio)

RODRIGO: Pastorcico, tú que vienes, pastorcico, tú que vas
Narciso Yepes, Godelieve Monden, guitars
Philharmonia Orchestra · Garcia Navarro

YON: Gesù bambino
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
National Philharmonic Orchestra · Kurt Herbert Adler

W.G. JAMES: The Three Drovers
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir · Antony Walker

BACH: Blithe Bells (arrangement by Percy Grainger of the aria “Schafe können sicher weiden” from cantata BWV 208)
Bengt Forsberg, piano

ADAM: Minuit, chrétiens! (Cantique de Noël/O Holy Night)
Roberto Alagna, tenor
The Choir of St. John’s · The New London Children’s Choir
The London Oratory School Choir · Smithhills School Junior Choir
London Symphony Orchestra · Robin Smith

TRAD: Christmas Hymn & Hymn to the Virgin Mary
Don Kosaken Chor · Serge Jaroff

NORDQVIST: Jul, Jul, strålande jul!
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano · Bengt Forsberg, piano

TRAD: O! Ce veste minunat?!
Roberto Alagna, tenor
The Choir of St. John’s · The New London Children’s Choir
The London Oratory School Choir · Smithhills School Junior Choir
Robin Smith

TRAD: O Tannenbaum
Musica Sacra · Richard Westenburg

CORNELIUS: Die Könige from Weihnachtslieder Op. 8
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone · Malcom Martineau, piano

TRAD: Good King Wenceslas
Christopher Herrick, organ
Choir of Westminster Abbey · Simon Preston

GRUBER: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Regensburger Domspatzen · Georg Ratzinger

KIM: Christmas Eve
Sumi Jo, soprano
Neues Rheinisches Kammerorchester Köln · David Firman

TRAD: Posadas mexicanas
Ars Viva: Daniela Perez, soprano · Dulce María Perez, mezzo-soprano Patricia España, contralto · Héctor López, tenor · Fernando Rojas, bass Ivan
David Flores

BERLIN: White Christmas
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Salvatore Camarata and his orchestra

A new collection of favourite and original Christmas music from around the world, featuring Roberto Alagna, Jascha Heifetz, Sumi Jo, Magdalena Kožená, Paul McCreesh, Luciano Pavarotti, Mercedes Sosa, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter and many others - 20 tracks altogether.

Most Christmas albums include music from more than one country; however this new collection is truly a worldwide mix of music for the festive season, from Australia to Argentina, Korea to Mexico, Europe to the USA. The contributions from the non-European lands are particularly worth checking out - and many thanks to our colleagues for their help in providing material for the compilation!

Korean track by Sumi Jo (Christmas Eve) specially recorded for this album.
Magdalena Kožená track (Ryba: Pastoral) is a first international release.

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Cat. No.: 476 6978
Barcode: 00028947669784
Label: UCJ
Release Date: November

The CISTERCIAN MONKS OF STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ
Chant: Music for Paradise (Special Edition)

ARTISTS

The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

TRACK LISTING

CD1
1 Traditional: Antiphon "In Paradisum" et Psalmus 121 (122)
2 Traditional: Responsorium "Subvenite"
3 Traditional: Responsorium "Libera Me"
4 Traditional: Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells
5 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Introitus "Requiem aeternam"
6 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Kyrie
7 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Graduale "Requiem aeternam"
8 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Tractus "Absolve Domine"
9 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Offertorium "Domine Iesu Christe"
10 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Sanctus
11 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Post Elevationem: "Pie Iesu Domine"
12 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Agnus Dei
13 Traditional: Missa pro defunctis: Communio "Lux aeterna"
14 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Deus in adiutorium
15 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Hymnus "Te lucis ante terminum"
16 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Psalmus 4
17 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Psalmus 90 (91)
18 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Pslamus 133
19 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Lectio brevis
20 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Responsorium breve
21 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Canticum Simeonis "Nunc dimittis"
22 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Kyrie
23 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Oratio conclusive
24 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Antiphona ad Beatam Mariam Virginem "Salve Regina"
25 Traditional: Ad Completorium: Benedictio
26 Traditional: Stift Heiligenkreuz Bells - Reprise
27 Traditional: Hymnus "Veni Creator Spiritus"
28 Traditional: Introitus Dominica Pentecostes "Spiritus Domini"
29 Traditional: Communio Dominica Pentecostes "Factus est repente"

CD2
1 Traditional: Advent Vespers: Hymn "Conditor Alme Siderum"
2 Traditional: Advent Vespers: Magnificat with Antiphon "O Emmanuel"
3 Traditional: Advent Vespers: Marian Antiphon "Alma Redemtoris Mater"
4 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Introitus "Rorate Caeli"
5 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Kyrie
6 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Graduale "Tollite Portas"
7 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Alleluia "Veni Domine"
8 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Credo
9 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Offertorium "Ave Maria"
10 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Sanctus
11 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Agnus Dei
12 Traditional: Advent Mass "Rorate": Communio "Ecce Virgo"
13 Traditional: Christmas Lauds: Hymn "A Solis Ortus Cardine"
14 Traditional: Christmas Lauds: Benedictus with Antiphon "Hodie Christus Natus Est"
15 Traditional: Christmas Lauds: Marian Antiphon "Sub tuum praesidium"
16 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Introitus "Puer Natus"
17 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Kyrie "Missa De Angelis"
18 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Gloria "Missa De Angelis"
19 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Graduale "Viderunt Omnes"
20 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Alleluia "Dies Sanctificatus"
21 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Credo
22 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Offertorium "Tui Sunt"
23 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Sanctus "Missa De Angelis"
24 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Agnus Dei "Missa De Angelis"
25 Traditional: Christmas Mass "Puer Natus": Communio "Viderunt Omnes"

The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz are delighted to release their debut album with Universal Music following an incredible few months in which they were signed to the music company after submitting their demo via a YouTube link. The monks subsequently recorded their unique sound with amazing speed and will release Chant: Music For Paradise on 5 July.

Universal Music, the largest record company in the world who are better-known for promoting the music of Eminem and Amy Winehouse, launched their search for sacred singers in February through adverts placed in UK religious press. The adverts prompted an incredible response with over 100 entries pouring in from religious organisations around the world.

On the closing day for entries Tom Lewis, A&R Manager of Universal Classics and Jazz (UCJ), received a YouTube link from the Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, based in the Vienna woods in Austria. Mr Lewis was immediately bowled over by their sound, saying "They are, quite simply, the best Gregorian singers we have heard. They make a magical, evocative sound which is both immediately calming and deeply moving.”

The Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, who count both young and old among their number, reside in the oldest continually inhabited Cistercian monastery in the world, and put their selection down to divine intervention. They had been due to record an album last year but cancelled plans because of a prestigious visit to their monastery by Pope Benedict XVI. So when a friend in London spotted the advert on the closing date he encouraged them to hurriedly submit their entry via YouTube to ensure instant consideration.

By Easter the record giant had signed the Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, considering them to be the most accomplished singers of Gregorian Chant, and just a week later recording began. The monks were equally pleased to record their first ever commercial album, as originally planned, in order to bring their voice, and the spirit of their peaceful monastic existence, to a wider audience. Dating from the 7th century A.D., Gregorian Chant is the earliest form of music to be written down but, more importantly, to the monks it is their form of prayer.

Gregorian Chant has recently been popularised by the Xbox game, Halo, driving demand for a 21st-Century recording of the ancient music and reaching out to a whole new generation who don't remember the mid-90s success of Enigma and the Benedictine Monks of Silos. UCJ Managing Director, Dickon Stainer, said of the initiative, "Our aim is to reach singers from outside the X-Factor generation and bring the spirit of the cloisters to the outside world.”

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