HILDEGARD VON BINGEN – Voices of Angels / Voices of Ascension

Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c.1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She has been considered by many in Europe to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.

Tracklist:

1 O Virga Ac Diadema Soprano Vocals – Kathy Theil 2 O Viridissima Virga Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Alexandra Montano 3 Vos Flores Rosarum Solo Vocal – Alessandra Visconti Soprano Vocals – Arlene Travis, Eileen Clark Reisner, Ellen Taylor Sisson, Margery Daley, Michele Eaton 4 O Ecclesia Solo Vocal – Kathy Theil 5 Columba Aspexit Alto Vocals – Denise Kelly, Ellen Taylor Sisson, Esther Mullens, Liz Norman, Margery Daley, Megan Friar Solo Vocal – Alexandra Montano 6 Et Ideo Solo Vocal – Kathy Theil 7 O Euchari Columba Solo Vocal – Alessandra Visconti Soprano Vocals – Arlene Travis, Eileen Clark Reisner, Ellen Taylor Sisson, Margery Daley, Michele Eaton 8 O Pastor Animarum Solo Vocal – Alexandra Montano 9 O Clarissima Mater Solo Vocal – Michele Eaton Soprano Vocals – Alessandra Visconti, Arlene Travis, Eileen Clark Reisner, Ellen Taylor Sisson, Margery Daley 10 Caritas Abundat Soprano Vocals – Kathy Theil 11 O Presul Vere Civitatis Alto Vocals – Denise Kelly, Ellen Taylor Sisson, Esther Mullens, Liz Norman, Margery Daley, Megan Friar Solo Vocal – Alexandra Montano 12 Ave, Generosa Solo Vocal – Michele Eaton 13 Unde Quocumque Soprano Vocals – Alessandra Visconti, Arlene Travis, Eileen Clark Reisner, Ellen Taylor Sisson, Margery Daley, Michele Eaton 14 O Ierusalem, Aurea Civitatis Solo Vocal – Kathy Theil

Credits Conductor – Dennis Keene