‘I was spellbound by both the music and the presentation … and have remained so ever since … a jewel in Hyperion’s crown’ (Gramophone)
‘A wonderful evocation of Mass being celebrated by St Maximinus, painted in Hildegard’s wonderfully perfumed language’ (BBC Record Review)
‘These hymns and sequences, most expertly performed and recorded, have excited much acclaim – and rightly so. A lovely CD’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)
1
Columba aspexit[5’18]
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
2
Ave, generosa[4’36]
Margaret Philpot (alto), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
3
O ignis spiritus[4’48]
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
4
O Jerusalem[8’02]
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
5
O Euchari[5’43]
Emily van Evera (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
6
O viridissima virga[3’13]
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
7
O presul vere civitatis[6’12]
Margaret Philpot (alto), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
8
O Ecclesia[6’11]
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)