Monday, 6 December 2021

Gothic Voices - Hildegard Von Bingen: A Feather On The Breath Of God (1982)

More music by 12th century abbess and polymath Hildegard Von Bingen (in this case the British record label anglicized her name, but I'm keeping the 'Von' just for consistency's sake) in a sublime, early full-digital recording that helped put the fledgling Hyperion Records on the map.  
 
The Gothic Voices ensemble are never featured en masse, but instead the album picks out small groups and soloists in a nice varied running order.  A few tracks also have underpinning drones, either from reeds or a symphony (an early hurdy-gurdy).  All of it presents Von Bingen's haunting compositions in gorgeous clarity, the album going on to win a Gramophone Award and firmly establishing Von Bingen in the public consciousness.

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Previously posted at SGTG: Antiphona
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5 comments:

  1. sea slug6 December 2021 at 21:44

    This is such a wonderful record, stunning music made with the human voice, with a dazzling title M. Gira might have wished he'd penned to boot. When in this head space, I also love to listen to the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares lp. Thanks for sharing this

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  2. djh62uk7 December 2021 at 08:00

    A wonderful record and a good starting point for the newbie to this music.

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  3. Nick6 May 2022 at 03:37

    The link keeps telling me 'Access Denied'.

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    1. Alan Burns7 May 2022 at 09:49

      Think I've fixed the whole month's links now

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    2. Nick8 May 2022 at 21:40

      Thank you and thank you for this blog!

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