Anonymous 4 - 11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula
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Artist: Anonymous 4Performer: Anonymous 4
Composer: Hildegard of Bingen
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1997-09-09
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
- Auctori vite psalmis, antiphon - Anonymous 4,
- Venite exsultemus domino, invitatory - Anonymous 4,
- Symphonia Virginum: O Dulcissime Amator - Anonymous 4, Hildegard of Bingen
- Hymn: Jesu Corona Virginum - Anonymous 4, Anonymous
- Versicle: Specie Tua - Anonymous 4, Chant, Gregorian
- Responsory: Favus Distillans - Anonymous 4, Hildegard of Bingen
- Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous 4, Anonymous, Italian
- Antiphon: Studium Divinitatis - Anonymous 4, Hildegard of Bingen
- Psalm 92: Dominus Regnavit/Studium Divinitatis - Anonymous 4, Anonymous
- Sequence: O Ecclesia - Anonymous 4, Hildegard of Bingen
- Benedicamus Domino - Anonymous 4, Anonymous, Italian
- Chapter: Domine Deus Meus - Anonymous 4, Anonymous
- Brief Responsory: Mirabilis Deus - Anonymous 4, Anonymous
- Hymn: Cum Vox Sanguinis - Anonymous 4, Hildegard of Bingen
- Antiphon: O Rubor Sanguinis - Anonymous 4, Hildegard of Bingen
- Canticle: Magnificat Anima Mea/O Rubor Sanguinis - Anonymous 4, Anonymous
- Hymn: Te Lucis Ante Terminum - Anonymous 4, Anonymous
Free Music Notes for 11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula
Free Music Review: Excellent interpretation
Hit: 5 Stars
As I have said in previous reviews about Anonymous 4, the group does perhaps the best interpretation of the ancient Chants that I have heard. This CD is no exception. It is arranged, as is fitting, into a semi-liturgical format, which means that each chant is serving a real function similar to that which it would have done in its own time. The voices are beautiful; the chants are beautiful. What more could you ask? I would caution, though, if you have ZERO appreciation for antiquity and the austerity of the original chants, this CD will not be for you. It has no instrumetation and interprets the neumes quite simply, letting St. Hildegard's beautiful words and melody make their mark without a whole lot of funny business. Thank goodness.
As a member of a chant schola, the only problem with CD's like this is that I achingly wish that this chant could be used in services more regularly, and in its proper place. It's a tragedy that such music is left out of the Divine Office and Mass.
11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula Poster
All the world loves Hildegard--and the four women of Anonymous 4 may be the best interpreters of her music since the 12th century. St. Ursula was the legendary daughter of a British king who, with her army of virgin companions, was martyred in Cologne, perhaps in the fifth century; Hildegard wrote these Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula for use in a highly solemn celebration along with other liturgical chants. It is in this context that Anonymous 4 presents this program, interspersing chants and psalmody with Hildegard's compositions, sometimes employing drones and polyphonic embellishment. The musical effect is a mixture of awesome reverence and earthly sensuousness. The combination of four different women's voices in perfect unison creates a richly colored sound that can lull or console or uplift. --David VernierClassical Music CDs
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