Music For Paradise: The Best of Hildegard von Bingen

This collection contains a good range of Hildegard’s music, recorded in performances of complete commitment and intelligence, captured in a radiant acoustic that creates a gorgeous bloom around... — MusicWeb International, 12th July 2013 More…

Release Date: 14th Jan 2013
Catalogue No: 88697983052
Label: Sony

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Hildegard: O Jerusalem aurea civitatis, sequence to St Rupert

Sequentia

Hildegard: O rubor sanguinis

Sequentia

Hildegard: O tu suavissima

Sequentia

Hildegard: Antiphons: O quam mirabilis est, Caritas habundat in omnia, O eterne deus

Sequentia

Hildegard: Caritas abundat in omnia

Sequentia

Hildegard: Responsary "O vis aeternitatis"

Sequentia

Hildegard: O Beata Infantia

Sequentia

Hildegard: O vos felices radices, antiphon for the patron saints & prophets

Sequentia

Hildegard: O presul vere civitas

Sequentia

Hildegard: Que es, aut unde venis?

Sequentia

Hildegard: In principio

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Canonized by Pope Benedict in May 2012, St. Hildegard von Bingen, abbess, visionary, healer, singer, poet and composer, left two precious manuscripts filled with spiritual songs. With this anthology, Music for Paradise, the world-renowned ensemble Sequentia presents the entire spectrum of Hildegard's music - songs of surprising depth and virtuosity, at times meditative, at times shocking, yet always energized by the unique musical genius and voice of this visionary artist more than 800 years after her death. Sequentia is one of the world's most respected and innovative ensembles for medieval music. It is an international group of singers and instrumentalists, under the direction of legendary performer Benjamin Bagby, dedicated to the performance and recording of Western European music from the period before 1300. Based on meticulous research and intensive rehearsal, Sequentia's virtuosic performances are compelling, surprising in their immediacy and strike the listener with a timeless emotional connection to our own past musical cultures.

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12th July 2013

This collection contains a good range of Hildegard’s music, recorded in performances of complete commitment and intelligence, captured in a radiant acoustic that creates a gorgeous bloom around the sound...a very good introduction to this remarkable woman and to her entire medieval sound-world.

18th January 2013

The tone throughout is respectful, whether on solo antiphons like "O Rubor Sanguinis", or more complex pieces such as the sublime "O Jerusalem"

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