The Origin of Fire

The Origin of Fire
Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen
Anonymous 4
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907327 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807327 [SACD-H]

Contents:

    Rabanus Maurus (?), d. 856
  1. Hymn: Veni creator spiritus

    2. Anon., Switzerland, 11th c.
  2. Sequence: Veni spiritus eternorum

    3. Hildegard von Bingen
  3. Antiphon: O quam mirabilis est
  4. Vision 1: The fire of creation
  5. Vision 1: The fire of creation
  6. Sequence: O ignis spiritus paracliti
  7. Vision 2: Wisdom and her sisters
  8. Vision 2: Wisdom and her sisters
  9. Responsory: O felix anima
  10. Vision 3: The fiery spirit
  11. Vision 3: The fiery spirit
  12. Hymn: O ignee spiritus
  13. Vision 4: Love
  14. Vision 4: Love
  15. Antiphon: Caritas habundat in omnia
  16. Antiphon: O eterne Deus

    17. Anon., Frankish, 9th c.
  17. Hymn: Beata nobis gaudia

Playing time: 66' 05"

Performers:
Anonymous 4
Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner, Johanna Maria Rose

Recording site and date:
Christian Brothers Retreat and Conference Center, Napa California [10/2003] Rel. 2005

Excerpts:
[6], [17] Harmonia mundi HMX 2907546 [CD] Four Centuries of Chant

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 522-77 (february 2005)
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 28/5-136 (May/June 2005)
Goldberg (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 82/989-73 (february 2005)

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