Hildegard von Bingen - A Feather On The Breath Of God (Gothic Voices)
Жанр: Gothic Voices (Sequences and hymns)
Год выпуска диска: 1993
Производитель диска: Hyperion UK
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps
Продолжительность: 44:03
Трэклист:
1. Columba aspexit
2. Ave generosa
3. O ignis spiritus
4. O Ierusalem
5. O Euchari
6. O viridissima virga
7. O presul vere civitas
8. O Ecclesia
Hildegard of Bingen (Composer), Doreen Muskett (Orchestra), Emily van Evera (Performer), Emma Kirkby (Performer), Judith Stell (Performer), Poppy Holden (Performer), Andrew Parrott (Performer), Howard Milner (Performer), Kevin Breen (Performer)
скрытый текст
This is the record that started the Hildegard craze back in 1982--and you need only listen to Emma Kirkby glide and soar through Columba aspexit (the opening hymn) to understand why. Gothic Voices performs the music very simply, either alternating soloists and unison choir over a drone or using a single unaccompanied voice. The singers render Hildegard's extravagant poetic imagery and melody not with the rhythmically fluid, ecstatic approach favored by Sequentia, but with equalist rhythm and a calm, meditative quality. Gothic Voices' straightforward approach is less likely to send you into a rapturous trance than is Sequentia's, but in the hands of such fine singers as Kirkby, Margaret Philpot, and Emily van Evera, Hildegard's extraordinary texts and melodies are captivating--and clear enough to linger in the memory as melodies rather than just sensations. This record is still Hyperion's bestselling title by far--try it and find out why. --Matthew Westphal
On this CD:
Columba aspexit, sequence for St Maximinus
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
Performed by Doreen Muskett
with Gothic Voices
Ave generosa, hymn
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
with Margaret Philpot
O Ignee Spiritus, hymn
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
with Andrew Parrott, Howard Milner, Kevin Breen
O Jerusalem aurea civitatis, sequence to St Rupert
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
Performed by Doreen Muskett
with Robert [bagpipes] White, Gothic Voices
O Euchari columba, response for St Eucharius
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
with Emily van Evera
O viridissima virga, antiphon
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
Performed by Doreen Muskett
with Andrew Parrott, Howard Milner, Kevin Breen
O presul vere civitatis, sequence for St Disibod
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
with Margaret Philpot
O ecclesia occuli tui, sequence for Saint Ursula & her Companions
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
Performed by Doreen Muskett
with Emily van Evera, Poppy Holden, Judith Stell, Margaret Philpot
