Ensemble Belcanto & Dietburg S - Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo Virtutum [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.This is the second New Series album to feature the Stuttgart-based Ensemble Belcanto. Where its 2001 predecessor focused on contemporary composition by Wolfgang Rihm and others (Come un'ombra di luna), this disc looks at Hildegard of Bingen's Ordo Virtutum, written around 1150 and generally considered the first large-scale musical work beyond the prescribed form of the Mass liturgy. This is sacred music reflecting Medieval thought, as music and morality play are intertwined. rr

In her creative interpretation, Belcanto leader Dietburg Spohr waives claims to 'objective' historical literalness. Instead, she and her fellow singers encounter the work as if it were written specifically for the Ensemble Belcanto: 'We sought to free Hildegard from mystical-esoteric associations and to emphasize the work of an emancipated woman and composer.' They have been performing the music of Hildegard von Bingen since the early 1990s, and view her compositions as a joyously experimental bridge between the Middle Ages and contemporary music.

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Ensemble Belcanto was formed in 1986 by mezzo-soprano Dietburg Spohr, then a member of Clytus Gottwald's Schola Cantorum in Stuttgart, drawing on her experiences in improvisation as well as choral music, classical singing and new music performance. The group has been committed to adventurous programming from the outset, and many composers have written music for the ensemble.

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Personnel: Dietburg Spohr (mezzo-soprano, conductor), Andrea Baader, Martina Scharstein, Selina Drews (soprano), Edith Murasov (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Cromme, Lilith Reid (spoken voice)

Patriarchae Et Prophetae

Patriarchae Et Prophetae

Querela Animarum In Carne Positarum

Felix Anima

Felix Anima

Sed Gravata Anima Conqueritur

Anima Illa

Scientia Dei Ad Animam Illam

Infelix Anima

Scientia Dei

Anima Illa

Strepitus Diabolo Ad Animam Illam

Diabolus

Humilitas

Humilitas

Humilitas

Caritas

Timor Dei

Diabolus

Obedientia

Fides

Spes

Castitas

Innocentia

Contemptus Mundi

Amor Caelestis

Disciplina

Verecundia

Misericordia

Victoria

Discretio

Patientia

Humilitas

Querela Animarum Paenitentis

Anima Illa

Anima Illa

Paenitens Anima Ad Virtutes

Anima Illa

Humilitas

Humilitas

Diabolus

Paenitens Anima

Anima Illa

Humilitas Ad Victoriam

Victoria Ad Virtutes

Humilitas

Victoria

Castitas

Diabolus

Castitas

Epilog

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