Hildegard von Bingen: A feather on the breath of God_音乐专辑
Hildegard von Bingen: A feather on the breath of God
表演者: Gothic Voices/Christopher Page/Emma Kirkby
流派: 古典
专辑类型: Import
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 1993-09-01
唱片数: 1
出版者: Hyperion
条形码: 0034571160399
专辑简介
This is the record that started the Hildegard craze back in 1982--and you need only listen to Emma Kirkby glide and soar through Columba aspexit (the opening hymn) to understand why. Gothic Voices performs the music very simply, either alternating soloists and unison choir over a drone or using a single unaccompanied voice. The singers render Hildegard's extravagant poetic imagery and melody not with the rhythmically fluid, ecstatic approach favoured by Sequentia, but with equalist rhythm and a calm, meditative quality. Gothic Voices' straightforward approach is less likely to send you into a rapturous trance than is Sequentia's, but in the hands of such fine singers as Kirkby, Margaret Philpot, and Emily van Evera, Hildegard's extraordinary texts and melodies are captivating--and clear enough to linger in the memory as melodies rather than just sensations. This record is still Hyperion's bestselling title by far--try it and find out why.
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