With an up-tempo and joyous melody, Gaudete is perhaps the most well-known Christmas carol performed in Latin. It is thought to have been written in the 16th century, and was published in 1582 in a ...

Einsiedeln derives its name from the hermitage of a ninth century monk, Meginrat, who for nearly 30 years settled at the spot where the abbey stands today. The monastery plain-chant choir, the Schola ...

1. The Bells of the Monastery of Einsiedeln. 2. INVITATORIUM: Christus natus est nobis – Christ is born to us. With two verses of Psalm 94. From Matins. 3. HYMNUS: Christe redemptor omnium – Christ, ...