Description
“Here, at last, is Hildegard sung by Benedictine nuns…living the same life, breathing the same air, and trying to capture the spirit of their great predecessor … they represent really lovely, rather unusual tones, beautifully sung, and with understanding” (© Gramophone) “it seems to me absolutely to catch the spirit of her music: this Vespers disc, sung by the nuns of the Abbey of St Hildegard in Eibingen. (Gramophone Critics’ choice 1998)
| 1. Opening Verse “Deus in Auditorium” 1:02 |
| 2. 1st Antiphon: “O aeterne Deus” with Psalm 109/110 6:24 |
| 3. 2nd Antiphon: “Spiritus Sanctus” with Psalm 110/111 7:53 |
| 4. 3rd Antiphon: “O magne Pater” with Psalm 129/130 7:42 |
| 5. 4th Antiphon: “Caritas abundat” with Psalm 130/131 5:23 |
| 6. Lesson: Revelations 21, 1-5 1:50 |
| 7. Responsory “O vis aeternitatis” 6:08 |
| 8. Sequence: “O ignis Spiritus Paracliti” 5:46 |
| 9. Magnificat Antiphon: “O quam mirabilis”, Magnificat 8:14 |
| 10. Closing Prayers: Kyrie & Pater noster 2:29 |
| 11. Sequence: To St. Disibod: “O praesul verae civitatis” 6:49 |
| 12. Sequence: To St. Rupert: “O Ierusalem, aurea civitas” 9:38 |
| Engineer & editing: Christoph Martin Frommen |
| Originally issued by Ars Musici (c) Abtei Hildegard |
