| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
"The idea [for Vision] was to record Hildegard von Bingen's music in its purest form and marry it to the imaginative concepts of the contemporary American composer Richard Souther, using contemporary pop and world-music sounds that reinvent the startling immediacy, the piercing beauty, and the sublime spirit of Hildegard's art"--Program notes. |
| Performer |
Richard Souther, synthesizer and arranger ; Emily Van Evera, Sister Germaine Fritz, OSB, featured vocalists. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by David Foil and Tom Hoving, biographical notes on the performers, selected bibliography, and lyrics with English translations (31 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Praise for the Virgin = O virga ac diadema (5:04) -- Only the devil laughed = Sed diabolus (2:13) -- Vision = O Euchari in leta via (3:39) -- Song to the mother = O viridissima virga (3:21) -- The living light : instrumental (2:05) -- Wherever = Unde quocumque (2:57) -- For the Virgin = O frondens virga (1:54) -- For the Creator = O quam mirabilis (2:42) -- This honorable fame = Deus enim rorem (2:36) -- The anointing : instrumental (5:00) -- For the Trinity = Laus Trinitati (3:49) -- The chalice = O vas nobile (2:07) -- Divine love = Karitas habundat (2:34) -- The flower gleams = Hodie aperuit (3:11) -- From this wicked fall = Cum erubuerint (3:12) -- Living fountain = O viviens fons (3:17) -- Vision = O Euchari in leta via : (full length) (6:07). |
| Language |
Sung in Latin. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Sacred songs.
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Sacred vocal ensembles.
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Gregorian chants.
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Synthesizer music.
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New Age music.
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| Added Author |
Souther, Richard. Arranger. Performer.
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Van Evera, Emily. Performer.
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Fritz, Germaine. Performer.
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| Added Title |
Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum. Selections
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| Standard No. |
2435552462 |
| Music No. |
CDC 7243 5 55246 2 1 Angel |
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