“Music for Paradise” was released in England on May 19, few people expected an overnight sensation. Tenth-century Gregorian chant may have its admirers, but it’s not exactly the latest thing to hit ...

In the cool, dark room, an ethereal sound fills the air, a harmonic blend of harpsichord and dreamy chants. The music is punctuated by more music: a guitar strum, the sound of a flute, drumbeats. But ...

It isn't every day that a group of Catholic monks find themselves on the pop charts. Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, ...