Hildegard von Bingen - The Sacred Fire

Hildegard von Bingen - The Sacred Fire

A new realisation of the music of Hildegard of Bingen
Cantillation - Paul Virag
ABC Classics 476 5705 [CDx2]

Contents:

CD-1

1. O Fragile One (Hildegard von Bingen)
   Rebecca Frith (voice), Tunji Beier (bells)
2. The Sacred Fire (Kim Cunio)
   Heather Lee (soprano), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Tim Constable (gongs)
3. O pastor animarum (Hildegard von Bingen)
   Heather Lee (soprano), Tim Constable (gongs)
4. O quam mirabilis (Hildegard von Bingen)
   Heather Lee (soprano), Bronwyn Kirkpatrick (shakuhachi), Kim Cunio (harmonium), Tunji Beier (cymbals)

O vis aeternitatis (Hildegard von Bingen)
Heather Lee (soprano), Kim Cunio (baritone, harmonium), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto)
5. (a) Verse
6. (b) Refrain
7. (c) Refrain
8. Ordo Virtutum medley (Kim Cunio)
   Kim Cunio (reed organ), Llew Kiek (gittern), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tunji Beier (tavil)
9. And It Came to Pass (Hildegard von Bingen)
   Rebecca Frith (voice), Kim Cunio (reed organ), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tunji Beier (bells, cymbals)

O ignis spiritus
Heather Lee (soprano), Cantillation (chorus), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Kim Cunio (harmonium), Paul Virag (conductor)

10. Verses I-IV
11. Verses V-VIII
12. Verses IX-X
13. O beatissime Rupertes (Hildegard von Bingen)
    Kim Cunio (reed organ), Llew Kiek (gittern), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tunji Beier (daff)
14. Caritas abundat (Hildegard von Bingen)
    Heather Lee (soprano), Kim Cunio (baritone, tampurah), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tim Constable (gongs)

CD-2

1. Dance of Ecstasy (Kim Cunio)
   Kim Cunio (reed organ), Llew Kiek (baglama), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tunji Beier (zarb)

O Ierusalem aurea civitas (Hildegard von Bingen)
Heather Lee (soprano), Mina Kanaridis (soprano), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Kim Cunio (reed organ)

2. Verses I-IV
3. Verses V-VI
4. Verses VII-VIII
5. Verses IX-X
6. Who Are These? (Hildegard von Bingen)
   Rebecca Frith (voice), Kim Cunio (reed organ), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tunji Beier (bells, cymbals)

Patriarchs, Prophets and Virtues (Hildegard von Bingen)
Heather Lee (soprano), Cantillation (chorus), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Kim Cunio (harmonium, conductor)

7. Prologue
8. Reprise
9. De Spiritu Sancto (Hildegard von Bingen)
   Heather Lee (soprano), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Kim Cunio (reed organ), Tim Constable (gongs)
10. Ordo Virtutum - Instrumental Prologue (Hildegard von Bingen)
    Kim Cunio (reed organ), Llew Kiek (gittern), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tunji Beier (frame drum)
11. The Soul (Hildegard von Bingen)
    Rebecca Frith (voice), Kim Cunio (reed organ), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Tunji Beier (bells, cymbals)
12. O viridissima virga (Hildegard von Bingen)
    Heather Lee (soprano), Bronwyn Kirkpatrick (shakuhachi), Kim Cunio (harmonium), Tunji Beier (cymbals)

Playing time: CD-1: 65' 53"; CD-2: 59' 40"

Performers:
Cantillation - Paul Virag, conductor
Sopranos: Mina Kanaridis, Belinda Montgomery, Jane Sheldon
Altos: Anne Farrell, Judy Herskovits, Natalie Shea
Tenors: Philip Chu, James Renwick, Raff Wilson
Basses: Corin Bone, Craig Everingham, Ben Macpherson
Heather Lee (soprano), Kim Cunio (baritone, reed organ, harmonium, tampurah, conductor), Mina Kanaridis (soprano), Rebecca Frith (voice), Jamal Alrekabi (kamanche), Paul Jarman (taragotto), Bronwyn Kirkpatrick (shakuhachi), Llew Kiek (gittern, baglama), Tunji Beier (daff, zarb, frame drum, tavil, cymbals, bells), Timothy Constable (gongs)

Recording site and date:
Eugene Goosens Hall in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Ultimo Centre, Sydney [02/2006];
Rel. 2007

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