Hildegard - Voice of the Blood

Hildegard von Bingen

Voice of the Blood
Sequentia - Barbara Thornton
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (BMG) 05472 77346 2 [CD]
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (BMG) 05472 77346 4 [Cass.]
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (BMG) 05472 77694 2 [CD]

Contents:

1. Antiphon: O rubor sanguinis (voice)
2. Responsory: Favus distillans (voices, fiddle, symphonia)
3. Antiphon: Laus Trinitati (voice)
4. Office: In Matutinis Laudibus (voices)
   1. Studium Divinitatis
   2. Unde quocumque
   3. De patria
   4. Deus enim
   5. Aer enim volat
   6. Et ideo puellae
   7. Deus enim rorem
   8. Sed Diabolus
5. Sequence: O Ecclesia (voice, chorus)
6. Instrumental: O viridissima virga (fiddle, organ, symphonia)
7. Antiphon: O aeterne Deus (voice)
8. Symphonia: O dulcissime amator (voices)
9. Responsory: Rex noster promptus est (voices, organistrum)
10. Antiphon: O cruor sanguinis (voice)
11. Hymn: Cum vox sanguinis (voices)
12. Instrumental: D-modes (fiddle, organ)
13. Antiphon: O virgo Ecclesia (voices, organistrum)
    Instrumental (fiddle)
14. Antiphon: Nunc gaudeant materna (voices)
15. Antiphon: O orzchis Ecclesia (voices)

Source:
Rupertsberger "Riesecodex" (1180-1190), Wiesbaden Hessische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 2 f. 466ff.

Playing time: 77'

Performers:
Sequentia, Ensemble für Musik des Mittelalters
Barbara Thornton (voice, portative organ), Elizabeth Glen (voice), Janet Youngdahl (voice), Carol Schlaikjer (voice), Nancy Mayer (voice), Pamela Dellal (voice), Heather Knutson (voice), Lucia Pahn (voice), Conseulo Sañudo (voice), Gundula Anders (voice), Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle), Joachim Kühn (organistrum, symphonia)
Barbara Thornton, dir.

Recording site and date:
St. Pantaleon, Köln [10-11/1994];
Rel.: 1995

Compilation:
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (BMG) 74321 46925 2 [CDx4] La musique dans l'Europe du Moyen-Âge

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