Music For Paradise: The Best Of Hildegard Von Bingen / Sequentia

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Album Summary

Performers

• Franz-Josef Heumannskamper (Voice)
• Marianne Nielsen (Voice)
• Lydia Knutson (Voice)
• Lena Norin (Alto)
• Janet Youngdahl (Soprano)
• Norbert Rodenkirchen (Flute)
• Carol Schlaikjer (Voice)
• Laurie Monahan (Voice)
• Paul Guttry (Voice)
• Stephen Grant (Bass-Baritone)
• Eric Mentzel (Tenor)
• Mark McSweeney (Voice)
• Barbara Thornton (Voice)
• Nancy Mayer (Voice)
• Ellen Hargis (Soprano)
• Pamela Dellal (Mezzo Soprano)

Ensemble

• Sequentia (Early music ensemble)

Composer

• Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

Notes & Reviews:

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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Works Details

Hildegard of Bingen : O Jerusalem aure civitas

• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 10 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : O rubor sanguinis

• Performer: Lydia Knutson (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : O tu suavissima, response

• Performer: Lena Norin (Alto)
• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 11 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : O quam mirabilis, antiphon

• Performers: Janet Youngdahl (Soprano); Norbert Rodenkirchen (Flute)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : Caritas abundat in omnia

• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : O rubor sanguinis

• Performer: Carol Schlaikjer (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : O vis eternitatis

• Performer: Laurie Monahan (Voice)
• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 8 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : O beata infantia, antiphon for St Disibod

• Performers: Paul Guttry (Voice); Stephen Grant (Bass-Baritone); Eric Mentzel (Tenor); Mark McSweeney (Voice)
• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

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

• Performer: Barbara Thornton (Voice)
• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : O presul vere civitatis

• Performers: Nancy Mayer (Voice); Lydia Knutson (Voice); Ellen Hargis (Soprano); Pamela Dellal (Mezzo Soprano); Janet Youngdahl (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 8 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : Ordo Virtutum :: [Instrumental]

• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : Ordo Virtutum :: Que es, aut unde venis?

• Performers: Franz-Josef Heumannskamper (Voice); Pamela Dellal (Mezzo Soprano); Lydia Knutson (Voice); Lena Norin (Alto); Marianne Nielsen (Voice)
• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 9 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Hildegard of Bingen : Ordo Virtutum :: In principio

• Performer: Lydia Knutson (Voice)
• Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179