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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Hildegard von Bingen - Celestial HarmoniesResponsories and Antiphons from Symphoniae armonie celestium revelationum
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (director) Now enjoying cult status since her ‘re-discovery’ twenty five years ago, Hildegard von Bingen, the tenth child of an aristocratic family, entered a convent at the age of eight and spent the remainder of her eighty years as a nun as well as a mystic, the latter half as abbess of her own convent. Hildegard’s great musico-poetic collection was completed around the year 1150. Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum (Symphony of the Harmony of Heavenly Revelations) is a collection of 77 songs and one music drama. The subjects of these songs are an idiosyncratic collection of individuals and groups – the pieces included on this recording are variously addressed to the Creator, the Redeemer, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St John the Evangelist, Apostles, Confessors, and Martyrs. “In these responsories and antiphons, Jeremy Summerly's pure-voiced sopranos bring rhythmic purpose to her waywardly ecstatic melodies, without impairing their heady devotional atmosphere.
Beauty of sound fully compensates for any lack of verbal clarity in these settings of mystical poetry, still as enigmatic in translation as in Hildegard's idiosyncratic Latin” The Telegraph, 7th June 2008 “The Oxford Camerata are a group of 12 singers, strong on rhythm (other essentials too, but it is their rhythmic sense that keeps everything alert). There are some excellent voices among them… these are singers with feeling, and at certain moments… the listener catches from them, fresh, the composer’s inspiration.” Gramophone “Not sure what Hildegard would have thought of CDs, but I hope the 12th-century abbess would have enjoyed these responsories and antiphons, in a resonant acoustic ideal for this sensuous music and Jeremy Summerly’s unaccompanied choir (trimmed to eight voices). For tingling excitement, nothing matches the sopranos’ crazy leaps toward Heaven in the epic O cohors milittiae. Thoughtful performances.” The Times, 9th May 2008 **** “Hildegard, born 910 years ago is the first composer we can confidently identify by name. Technically simple though they may be, her melodies are imaginative and sensual. These recordings rate highly for clarity, elegance and tonal beauty.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Subtitles in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch “powerfully dramatic energy” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès "...performances of resonating intensity."
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Katelijne Van Laethem (vocals), Bart Coen (recorders) & Liam Fennely (fiddle and lirone) Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was a woman with exceptional intellectual and visionary gifts. Hildegard left 77 liturgical works and these are collected together in a volume entitled Symphonia Harmoniae Caelestium Revelationum. The MS. COD. 9, preserved in the Abbey of Dendermonde contains 58 of these works, of which 8 are presented on this wonderful CD. | 
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