Hildegard of Bingen - Sounding the Living Light

Hildegard of Bingen - Sounding the Living Light
Ellen Oak
Bison Tales [Cassette]

Contents:

    Hildegard von Bingen:
  1. Antiphon: O virtus Sapientiae

  2. Godfrey and Theodoric: Life of Saint Hildegard
  3. Biographical excerpt

  4. Hildegard von Bingen:
  5. Antiphon: Hodie aperuit
  6. Letter to Canoness Tengswich of Andernach
  7. Antiphon: O pulcre facies
  8. Song: O viridissima virga
  9. Letter to Guilber of Gembloux
  10. O tu illustrata
  11. Text from Scivias (Vision Eight): The Pillar of the Humanity of the Savior
  12. Antiphon: Karitas
  13. Text from Scivias: Introduction
  14. Antiphon: O rubor sanguinis

  15. ----
  16. Sequence: O Ecclesia
  17. Letter to Richardis of Stade
  18. Antiphon: O choruscans lux stellarum
  19. Letter to Prelates of Mainz
  20. Kyrie Eleison
  21. Letter to Eberhard
  22. Antiphon: O gloriosissimi
  23. Letter to five Burgundian Abbots
  24. Antiphon: Spiritus Sanctus vificans vita

Performers: Ellen Oak

Playing time: 84' 12"

Recording site and date:
Benedictine Monastery, Clyde, MO, USA [1995 or prior]

Excerpts: [1], [3], [5]-[6], [8], [12]-[13], [15], [17], [19], [21] Bison Tales Hildegard of Bingen - The Harmony of Heaven (CD).

Reviewed in:
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Diapason (#-p.):
Fanfare (#-p.):

Comments: Information from owned cassette and CD. I prefer the cassette because literary pauses give a break to the listener and sustain his interest.

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Pierre-F. Roberge