𝕳𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔳𝔬𝔫 𝕭𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔫 - The Complete Works of Hildegard von Bingen, Sequentia
Ensemble: Sequentia
Album: The Complete Works of Hildegard von Bingen
Video: Hildegard’s Paintings
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This monumental recording project, which began in Cologne in 1982 (with WDR Köln and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) culminated in the final recording released by Sony in 2013. On nine CDs containing almost twelve hours of music, the musicians of Sequentia can be heard, under the direction of Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby, in these legendary recordings. Over the course of 31 years, almost 60 vocalists and instrumentalists participated in this project.
The Hildegard von Bingen project (1982-2012)
Since the early 1980’s, Sequentia’s name has been closely linked with the music of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), the visionary abbess and healer whose spiritual compositions are among the most astonishing and unique creations from the dynamic milieu of 12th-century Benedictine monasticism. Hildegard referred to her songs collectively as ‘The H