Music based on compositions by Benedictine abbess Hildegard Von Bingen (c. 1098-1179), arranged for voice and organ by soprano Katharina Lienhart and organist Christoph Maria Moosmann, to mark 900 years since the (approximate) birth of the composer, visionary and polymath.
Three lengthy tracks and three short ones make for a bewitching hour-plus of well-arranged atmospheric music, with slowly developing dynamics from the organ - if your hearing's as bad as mine, some passages are virtually inaudible unless cranked right up. When they reach full crescendo though, the organ drones (occasionally bringing to mind organ work by Ligeti or Jarrett) and ghostly vocal sound incredible. More Hildegard Von Bingen next week.
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