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Canticles of Ecstasy

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Released
  
1993 (1993)

Producer
  
Klaus L. Neumann

Release date
  
1993

Genres
  
Early music, Vocal music

Length
  
72:53

Artist
  
Sequentia

Label
  
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

Canticles of Ecstasy wwwsequentiaorgimagesrecordingscanticlesecta

Recorded
  
St. Pantaleon, Cologne, Germany, 16–21 June 1993

Oswald von Wolkenstein Songs (1993)
  
Canticles of Ecstasy (1993)

Canticles of Ecstasy (1993)
  
Voice of the Blood (1994)

Similar
  
Sequentia albums, Early music albums

Hildegard von bingen canticles of ecstasy


Canticles of Ecstasy is an album of sacred vocal music written in the 12th century by the German abbess Hildegard of Bingen and recorded by the early music ensemble Sequentia that was released by the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi recording label in 1993.

Contents

The album is one of a series of recordings of the complete musical works of Hildegard by the early medieval music specialists and founders of Sequentia, Barbara Thornton and her husband Benjamin Bagby.

It was recorded between 16 and 21 June 1993 in the church of St. Pantaleon, Cologne, Germany, "at the sarcophagus of the Empress Theophanu (d. 990)".

The music is from a medieval manuscript written at Hildegard's abbey (Rupertsberger "Riesencodex" (1180–90) Wiesbaden: Hessische Landesbibliothek, MS 2) and the Latin texts are from Hildegard von Bingen, Lieder (Salzburg, 1969).

Hildegard von bingen canticles of ecstasy


Track listing

All vocal compositions (responses and antiphons) written by Hildegard of Bingen.

  1. "O vis aeternitatis" (7:56)
  2. "Nunc aperuit nobis" (1:53)
  3. "Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit" (1:49)
  4. "Cum processit factura digiti Dei" (6:32)
  5. "Alma Redemptoris Mater" (2:10)
  6. "Ave Maria, O auctrix vite" (8:57)
  7. "Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vite" (2:15)
  8. "O ignis spiritus Paracliti" (6:17)
  9. "Caritas habundat in omnia" (2:10)
  10. "O virga mediatrix" (2:25)
  11. "O viridissima virga, Ave" (3:51)
  12. Instrumental Piece (3:30)
  13. "O Pastor Animarum" (1:18)
  14. "O tu suavissima virga" (11:12)
  15. "O choruscans stellarum" (2:37)
  16. "O nobilissima viriditas" (6:42)

Musicians

  • Barbara Thornton – voice, director
  • Gundula Anders – voice
  • Pamela Dellal – voice
  • Elizabeth Glen – voice
  • Heather Knutson – voice
  • Laurie Monahan – voice
  • Susanne Norin – voice
  • Janet Youngdahl – voice
  • Elizabeth Gaver – medieval fiddle, arranger
  • Elisabetta de Mircovich – medieval fiddle
  • Benjamin Bagby – medieval harp, arranger

    • Recording and production personnel

  • Jan Hofermann – executive producer
  • Klaus L. Neumann – producer
  • Barbara Valentin – artistic recording supervisor
  • Martin Andrae – technical recording supervisor
  • Barbara Göbel – editing
  • Jens Markowsky – final editing

    • Songs

    1O vis aeternitatisLaurie Monahan8:05
    2Nunc aperuit nobisHeather Knutson1:53
    3Quia ergo femina mortem instruxitJanet Youngdahl1:51

    References

    Canticles of Ecstasy Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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