Dies Irae translates to "Day of Wrath" and is part of the traditional roman catholic Requiem Chants (the liturgy for the Death). Basically it is known for images of Divine Judgment and the responsibilities for your life actions. The Chant stems from the 13th century and has a long history in endless music, art and literature.There were lots of impressive and sometimes even scary musicial compositions using this text throught the centuries (for example by Mozart). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe used the first, the sixth and the seventh stanza of the hymn in the scene "Cathedral" in the first part of his drama Faust (1808).

The well-know "wrath" and "judgment" aspects are only part of the first half of the Chant, while it has a turn of redemption and hope in the middle. I tried to portrait that by changing the atmosphere of the Chant there and trying to get to the core of what it's meant to be. Also it is important, that the idea of Divine Judgment refers to the lower and fallen aspects of men, while the path of light is portray in the second half of the chant - a process that we all should go through in the course of our lifes. As always, there is a deeper hidden mystery in these chants regarding your own inner being and which isn't always be found in the litteral meaning.

Lyrics: Traditional Chant Dies Irae
Singing, Production & Arrangement: Patrick Lenk

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Chant of the Mystics Vol .1

Dies Irae - Thunder Version

The Music Of Bionicle  Quest For Mata Nui - Dare Not Tread (Place Of Shadow Theme) (320 Kbps)

This track is from the album Chant: World's Top Gregorian Chants for Meditation, Relaxation, Healing, And Quiet Time and is available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2UdVnnvhUuSsQU1hcqpaKl

Gregorian Chants of the Monks

From the CD Mass of Saint Philip Neri by Paul Jernberg
Recorded by Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle, J. Michael Thompson, director, June 2014. www.pauljernberg.com

Salve Regina - Paul Jernberg

Gregorian chant - Te Deum

This was transferred from Vinyl and recorded in 1980.

One Hour Of Beautiful Gregorian Chant

Dies ire

Videte miraculum - Thomas Tallis

(This track available as video with Latin subtitles on my YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2KbnQV5 . Our Lady of the Rosary coloring page here: https://etsy.me/2KWPMgr )

Entire Rosary sung in Gregorian chant -  opening prayers, five decades, and closing prayers. 
(Each chant can also be found individually on my channel.) 
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Opening Prayers: [0:00]
Symbolum Apostolorum (Apostles' Creed) 
- text and notation: https://bit.ly/2KfV8CD
Pater Noster (Our Father)
Ave Maria (Hail Mary) x3
Gloria Patri (Glory Be)

Decade 1: [6:35]
Pater Noster
Ave Maria x10
Gloria Patri

Decade 2: [15:53]
Decade 3: [25:11]
Decade 4: [34:28]
Decade 5: [43:46]

Closing prayers: [53:03]
Pater Noster
Ave Maria
Gloria Patri
Salve Regina (Hail, Holy Queen) - simple tone
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(I did not include a chanted "O My Jesus" (The Fatima Prayer) because this prayer was only added into the Rosary after the Fatima apparitions in 1917, long after the heydey of Gregorian chant.)
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Musical notes:
Apostles' Creed begins on G and ends on E, as in the chant score:
https://bit.ly/2KfV8CD

Pater Noster begins on E and ends on F#.
Ave Maria begins on F#/Gb and ends on Eb.
Gloria Patri begins on E and ends on G#.

Salve Regina begins and ends on D, as in the chant score:  https://bit.ly/2jOtW2r

The Music Of Bionicle Quest For Mata Nui - Dare Not Tread (Place Of Shadow Theme) (320 Kbps)

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