Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) - saint, mystic, poet, composer and polymath. She was one of the great female figures of the Middle Ages, a convent founder and abbess. Her knowledge, her writings and especially her compositions have found renewed great interest in our modern times. The Christophorus label has released various CDs with the chants of Saint Hildegard over the last four decades and now presents them collected as a 5-CD box set.
The oldest recording was made by Hamburg-based early music specialist Helga Weber and her ensemble in 1980; it is probably the earliest recording of Hildegard von Bingen's music ever made. They are accompanied by two productions by the ensemble für frühe musik augsburg, which is one of the earliest renowned ensembles for medieval music. Sabine Lutzenberger was also part of this ensemble, which today can rightly be described as the most experienced singer of Hildegard's chants. In her 2013 recording with her own ensemble Per-Sonat, she makes her great knowledge felt in a very intimate interpretation. The ensemble Estampie combines medieval music with modern music theater and elements from pop in their "Hommage aan Hildegard" in a "cross over". Central are Hildegard's meditations and music on the four elements.
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