900 Years - Hildegard von Bingen / Sequentia [Box set]

900 Years - Hildegard von Bingen / Sequentia [Box set]

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Amazon.com's Best of 1998
For all the effort put behind the Hildegard von Bingen revival in the past decade, no one has been as persistent as Sequentia. They capped their Hildegard cycles in 1998 with the two-CD set Saints and then this eight-CD collection. Nowhere else can you get such a focused study, showing exemplary growth in vision and polyphonic presentation. The music isn't flashy, but it's inventive in methodical steps and an abiding sense of vocal textures that sounds multidimensionally complex and still categorically engrossing. --Andrew Bartlett

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Founded in 1977 in Cologne by Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby, Sequentia set out in the early 1990s to document the entire catalog of Hildegard Von Bingen's music. They've completed the Hildegard cycle, and this eight-CD box collects the results in a solid, handsome cube--perfect for the bookshelf. The beauty of the music is undeniable and has wowed listeners since Canticles of Ecstasy set an international community of listeners on a path of discovery in 1994. The big bonus now is that you... read more

900 Years - Hildegard von Bingen / Sequentia [Box set]

900 Years - Hildegard von Bingen / Sequentia, Music, Gregorian Chant, Elizabeth Gaver, Hildegard of Bingen, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, David Hart, Liane Ehlich, Benjamin Bagby, Barbara Thornton, Candace Smith, Carol Schlaikjer, Caroline Trevor, Consuelo Sanudo, Elizabeth Glen, Guillemette Laurens, Gundula Anders, Heather Knutson, Janet Youngdahl, Jill Feldman, Laurie Monahan, Lena Susanne Norin, Lucia Pahn, Nancy Mayer, Pamela Dellal, Sally Sanford, Theresa Lister, Hildegard von Bingen, Sequentia, Box Sets (Audio Only), Chamber, Chamber Music, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Early Music / Chant, Hymn, Miscellaneous Music, Oratorio, Sacred Choral Music

900 Years - Hildegard von Bingen / Sequentia [Box set]

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