Floris [Import]

1. One More Day

2. What You Gotta Do

3. He's Back Again

4. Nothing To It (Ft Rose)

5. I Know What That Was

6. Almost (Ft Carmen)

7. Brothers & Sisters

8. Weight Of This World (Ft Sarah Bettens)

9. Fighting Traffic

10. Beghin Say

11. New Years

12. Almost (Reprise) (Ft Benjamin Herman)

13. Just In Time

14. Thrill Me Again

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
An Offshoot Project from Sarah Bettens (From K's Choice), Rose and Carmen.

Tracks:

O Beata Infantia
Columba Aspexit
O Nobilissima Viriditas
O Cohors Milicie Floris Virge
O Viridissima Virga Ave
Hodie Aperuit Nobis
O Euchari
O Successores Fortissimi Leonis
O Successores (Instrumental)
O Bonifaci
O Speculum Columbe
O Presul Vere Civitatis
O Mirum Admirandum
O Vos Felices Radices
Mathias Sanctus Per Electionem

Album Description

O nobilissima viriditas is the third volume of The Complete Hildegard von Bingen, following Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations and Aurora, released in 1996 and 1999 respectively.

Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1098 as the tenth and last child of a noble family. In 1106 at age eight she was entrusted to Jutta of Spondheim's convent which was attached to the Benedictine monastery of Disibodenberg on the mountain of St. Disibod. After Jutta's death in 1136, Hildegard became abbess and she subsequently established her own convent on the Rupertsberg near Bingen in the late 1140s.

Although she had had visions since childhood, it was only after 1141, following a divine call, that she dedicated herself to document her visions in the book Scivias. During her mature life she produced a prolific and varied range of writings, including two more books of visions, and she continued to compose the music and the poetry of her songs.

At a time when few women were accorded respect, she lived to become a highly respected writer, poet, composer and visionary, much sought-after for her counsel by popes, regents and bishops.

Viriditas was to inspire some of Hildegard's most imaginative and passionate song poetry and music. Her lyrics are all in Latin and they abound with images from nature, using leaves, branches and flowers to communicate overlapping themes of energy, vigour, blooming, manhood, virginity and virtue.

Album Description

A distant precursor of Diderot and the creators of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Herrad of Landsberg, abbess of the monastery of Mont Sainte-Odile at Hohenburg on the banks of the Rhine, compiled between 1159 and 1175 an encyclopaedia covering every aspect of human knowledge: the Hortus deliciarum or `garden of delights'. Amid sacred history, mythology, geography and much else, she gave prominence to music, thus making this superbly illuminated volume an essential source for the new tendencies that were beginning to emerge in the sacred chant of her time, the fertile twelfth century which witnessed the birth of both polyphony and liturgical drama, and which was also rich in forceful feminine personalities like Herrad hrself - women such as Heloise and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Or such as that other celebrated abbess, Hildegard of Bingen, the author of indescribably beautiful poems and melodies which still speak to us across the centuries. This richly varied programme built around these two exceptional women, Hildegard and Herrad, alongside excerpts from their own manuscripts, also offers a selection of repertories that they very probably knew, to form a new `garden of delights', tended by an Ensemble Discantus in more inspired form than ever with their skilful blend of female vocal timbres.

Average customer rating:

Absolutely superb!!

Joan of Arc: Musical Revelations

Manufacturer: Chacra Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004YWUI
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

In Nomine
Veri Floris
In Evangelium
I Am But A Poor Girl
Pavane
To Forget My Sadness
L'Amour De Moy
Eonatha
La Furta
Deo, Regi, Patriae
The Dauphin's Dilemma
Mes Esperis
Until The Last
O Maria Rogatrix

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely superb!!.......2001-06-16

I immensely enjoyed listening to this calming, relaxing music in the midst of today's hectic, hurried world. The pieces selected evoke the sounds of the Middle Ages, brought to life for this modern age to remind us of a simpler, less technologically-oriented world. The instrumentation is fabulous, and the quality of performance on each track is just wonderful.

Tracks:

One More Day
What You Gotta Do
He's Back Again
Nothing To It (Ft Rose)
I Know What That Was
Almost (Ft Carmen)
Brothers & Sisters
Weight Of This World (Ft Sarah Bettens)
Fighting Traffic
Beghin Say
New Years
Almost (Reprise) (Ft Benjamin Herman)
Just In Time
Thrill Me Again

Album Details

An Offshoot Project from Sarah Bettens (From K's Choice), Rose and Carmen.

Customer Reviews:

Jazz Lover Must-Have.......2004-04-22

A beautiful blend of styles, textures, voices, orchestration, and colors. Sit back with a bottle of wine and enjoy, or perfect for a party. Looking forward to the next album...

extraordinary sounds from the Netherlands.......2003-04-21

A great album form the young dutch artist Floris. When you like Moby, or any dance album this is a must have. Original, funky and danceable.

Average customer rating:

Drunk on Life

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NQPT9S
Release Date: 2007-02-13

Average customer rating:

Mind Altering

Hortus Deliciarum

Manufacturer: Opus 111
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000AE0U
Release Date: 1998-08-11

Tracks:

Hortus Deliciarum: Enixa est puerperal
Hortus Deliciarum: Sol oritur occasus nescius
Hortus Deliciarum: O rubor sanguinis
Hortus Deliciarum: Favus distillans Ursula vigor
Hortus Deliciarum: Hec est mater
Hortus Deliciarum: Leto leta concio
Hortus Deliciarum: Congaudeat turba fidelium
Hortus Deliciarum: Kyrie- Magna Deus
Hortus Deliciarum: Dilexisti iustitiam
Hortus Deliciarum: Veri floris sub figura
Hortus Deliciarum: Primus parens hominum
Hortus Deliciarum: Offerentur regi virgins
Hortus Deliciarum: Sanctus- Phos, parties karitatis
Hortus Deliciarum: Agnus Dei -Ave Maria
Hortus Deliciarum: Iube Domine, Navigantes inde sursum, Beata virgo, Sanctis Rome vistatis
Hortus Deliciarum: Cum vox sanguinis
Hortus Deliciarum: Procedentem sponsum de thalamo
Hortus Deliciarum: Dipente et diatesseron
Hortus Deliciarum: Stephani primi martiris
Hortus Deliciarum: Alleluia- In Maria benignitas, Alleulia- O virga mediatrix
Hortus Deliciarum: Ite iam sine tristica

Customer Reviews:

Mind Altering.......2007-02-13

If you are into Gregorian chanting, you will love this disc. It is uniformly spectacular and nothing but pure pleasure. I'm not sure how it could be any better. Hard to find and highly recommended.