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1. Girando en el Tiempo [*] - Iran Castillo

2. Lágrima y Sonrisa [Instrumental]

3. Odio y Rencor [Instrumental]

4. Corazón de Metal [Instrumental]

5. Manejando los Hilos [Instrumental]

6. Función [Instrumental]

7. Pecado Capital [Instrumental]

8. Soñando en el Tiempo America

9. Arrepentimiento [Instrumental]

10. Dolor de Ti [Instrumental]

11. Esperando Por Ti [Instrumental]

12. Giranod en el Tiempo

13. Siempre Juntos [Instrumental] - Iran Castillo

14. Sandor [Instrumental] - Eduardo Antonio

15. Amor Incondicional [Instrumental]

16. Girando en el Tiempo [Instrumental] - Iran Castillo

17. Intriga [Instrumental]

18. Girando en el Tiempo - America

19. Tema Romántico "Preciosa"

20. Girando en el Tiempo

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El Romance Del Cumbanchero, Rafael Hernadez

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El Romance Del Cumbanchero, Rafael Hernadez

Manufacturer: BANCO POPULAR
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000BUC9FS

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PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR THE COMPLETE SONG'S LIST

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I can't say enough good about this release

Karl Böhm Conducts Mozart and Strauss

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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Binding: Audio CD

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Leonard Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings
Karl Richter: A Universal Musician
Troubadour of the Piano
Decca Recordings 1941-1972, Vol 2

ASIN: B0009ONYQ4
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

I. Introitus, Requiem
II. Kyrie
III. Sequenz. No. 1. Dies Irae
III. Sequenz. No. 2. Tuba Mirum
III. Sequenz. No. 3. Rex Tremendae
III. Sequenz. No. 4. Recordare
III. Sequenz. No. 5. Confutatis
III. Sequenz. No. 6. Lacrimosa
IV. Offertorium. No. 1. Domine Jesu
IV. Offertorium. No. 2. Hostias
V. Sanctus
VI. Benedictus
VII. Agnus Dei
VIII. Communio. Lux Aeterna
1. Molto Presto
2. Andante
3. Allegro
1. Allegro Spiritoso
2. Andante
3. Tempo Primo

Tracks:

1. Allegro Vivace
2. Andante Di Molto Pito Allegretto
3. Menuett (K. 409)
4. Finale: Allegro Vivace
1. Adagio - Allegro Spiritoso
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Presto
1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto

Tracks:

1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Andante Con Moto
3. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
4. Finale: Allegro
1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
4. Allegro Assai
1. Allegro Vivace
2. Andante Cantabile
3. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
4. Molto Allegro

Tracks:

1. Allegro
2. Romance: Andante Con Moto
3. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
4. Finale. Allegro
1. Marcia: Maestoso
2. Menuetto
3. Rondeau
Euryanthe
Oberon
Preciosa, Op. 78
Peter Schmoll Und Seine Nachbarn

Tracks:

Don Juan, Op. 20
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
The Hero
The Hero's Adversaries
The Hero's Companion
The Hero's Battlefield
The Hero's Works of Peace
The Hero's Retirement From The World Of Fulfilment

Tracks:

Night - Sunrise
The Ascent
Entering The Wood
Wandering By The Brook
Flowery Meadows
Summit
The Sun Gradually Dims
Calm Before The Storm
Thunderstorm, Descent
Sunset
Epilogue - Night
Tone Poem For Large Orchestra

Tracks:

Main Title - Berliner Philharmoniker
Introduction - Berliner Philharmoniker
Of The Backworldsmen - Berliner Philharmoniker
Of The Great Longing - Berliner Philharmoniker
Of Joys And Passions - Berliner Philharmoniker
The Song Of The Grave - Berliner Philharmoniker
The Convalescent - Berliner Philharmoniker
The Dance-Song - Berliner Philharmoniker
Song Of The Night Wanderer - Berliner Philharmoniker
I. Beim Schlafengehen - Lisa Della Casa
II. September - Lisa Della Casa
III. Fruhling - Lisa Della Casa
IV. Im Abendrot - Lisa Della Casa

Tracks:

Early Years In Graz - Karl Bohm
First Conducting Experiences - Karl Bohm
Munich, Darmstadt And Alban Berg - Karl Bohm
Dresden, Richard Strauss And Mozart - Karl Bohm
Strauss As Conductor And Composer - Karl Bohm
Interlude In Vienna - Karl Bohm
Mozart's Genius - Karl Bohm
The Vienna State Opera Destroyed And Rebuilt - Karl Bohm

Customer Reviews:

I can't say enough good about this release.......2005-10-23

I can't say enough good about this release! DG/Universal have released some great mono recordings from the 1950s + some later Stereo issues of Karl Bohm (1894-1981) with the Vienna Philharmonic, Dresden State Orchestra, and Berlin Philharmonic, some which have never been on CD, or have been out of the catalog for years.

The Richard Strauss discs: about 50% of this set, have been released recently in a 3 CD Strauss box of Bohm/Dresden State Orchestra, and Berlin Philharmonic (DG, budget priced), but discs 1-4: Mozart and Weber, have not.

The Mozart "Requiem" with the Vienna Symphony, is from 1956 and is superb: taut, muscular, dramatic, and in very fine mono sound. Tempos are faster and more exciting than in Bohm's 1970 remake with the Vienna Philharmonic (DG). The 1956 "Requiem" was originally released on Philips LP, and for a short time, on Philips CD. The accompanying Symphonies 26 and 32 are very well played, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

The Mozart Symphonies are all excellent: 34 (with the added Minuet movement many conductors leave out), 35 and 38, all with the Vienna Philharmonic, originally Decca recordings, in mid 1950s mono sound. They share the same high marks and good qualities I give to Bohm's DG stereo Berlin Philharmonic Mozart cycle from the 1960s. The playing is warm and affectionate, tempos never too fast or slow: everything is just right. Karl Bohm was one excellent Mozart conductor, and the same can be said for Symphonies 39, 40, and 41 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

While the Berlin Philharmonic "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" might not sound as good as Bohm's 1976 Vienna Philharmonic recording (DG, in several different reissues), it is very good, and affectionate. And I enjoyed the four Weber Overtures, including the rarely heard "Abu Hassan", "Euryanthe" and "Oberon" immensely - recorded in 1951 with the Dresden State Orchestra (Bohm's own orchestra from 1934-43) in very good mono sound.

Nothing need be said in detail about the Strauss works. You may know Bohm and Richard Strauss (1864-1949) became close friends in the early 1930s, and Strauss thought very highly of his younger colleague. Strauss's 1944 opera "Daphne" is dedicated to Karl Bohm. Bohm recorded much of Strauss's music: both orchestral (here) and opera, for DG, Decca, and other labels later on in his career.

Disc 8 is narration by Bohm, in German, recorded in 1960, "A Life re-told" and it is very interesting. There is a rough English translation in the accompanying text booklet, of Bohm's words telling about his life up to 1960 and career as a conductor. I highly recommend this set to anyone interested in great conducting, or in Karl Bohm's recordings.

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Awesome CD!!!!

American Collection: Max Lifchitz

Manufacturer: North / South Record
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000004AHF
Release Date: 1998-02-03

Tracks:

Colors From A Changing Sky
Elaborations: I. Fast
Elaborations: II. Slow
Elaborations: III. Quiet
Elaborations: IV. Brilliant
The Ideal Self
Variations And Interludes
Gypsy Ballads: I. Ballad Of The Black Pain
Gypsy Ballads: II. The Unfaithful Wife
Gypsy Ballads: III. Ballad Of The Moon, Moon
Gypsy Ballads: IV. Saint Rafael At Cordoba
Gypsy Ballads: V. Preciosa And The Wind
Gypsy Ballads: VI. Brawl
Gypsy Ballads: VII. Ballad Of One Who Is Doomed To Die
Gypsy Ballads: VIII. Sleepwalk Ballad
Gypsy Ballads: IX. Saint Gabriel At Sevilla

Tracks:

Stehende Musik
Tre Espressioni: I. Free
Tre Espressioni: II. = 60
Tre Espressioni: III. = 54
Romanza
Piano Sonata: I. Adagio-Allegretto
Piano Sonata: I. Adagio-Allegretto
Piano Sonata: II. Andantino Grazioso
Piano Sonata: III. Allegro vivace
Seven Piano Pieces: I. Prelude
Seven Piano Pieces: II. Fantasy
Seven Piano Pieces: III. Little Waltz
Seven Piano Pieces: IV. Elegy
Seven Piano Pieces: V. Capriccio
Seven Piano Pieces: VI. Song Without Words
Seven Piano Pieces: VII. Postlude
Images Of Wood And Fire

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Awesome CD!!!!.......2001-03-09

I think Timothy Kramer's piece is outstanding! A must to own. The other works on the CD are also great. This is one of my favorite CDs.

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The ultimate in spiritual meditation music.
A Vibrant Reconstruction
Superb rendition of Hildegard

Hildegard von Bingen: O Jerusalem

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001TZ8
Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

O Jerusalem
Quia felix pueritia - Magnificat - Quia felix pueritia
O felix apparitio
O beatissime Ruperte
O Jerusalem: Instrumental Piece
O tu illustrata
Cum erubuerint
O frondens virga - Gloria patri Av Generosa
O quam preciosa
O ignee spiritus
Instrumental Piece
O quam magnum miraculum est

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The ultimate in spiritual meditation music........2007-03-20

The songs are ancient and beautiful (though there's not too much variation). The performances are better. The sense of depth, gravity, and just *worship* on this recording is unbelieveable. You will be transported to some distant, mysterious mountain chapel as you listen to these inexpressibly pure chants. Excellent music for focusing on anything, or for praying, or just calming down while driving in your car after anything stressful. It's also great sympathy music if you don't have a shoulder to cry on.

A Vibrant Reconstruction.......2005-10-02

Another flawless Sequentia contibution to the complete works of Hildegard, this set uses the 10 minute title piece, written for the dedication of a church, to lay the cornerstone for a series of liturgical songs which might have been appropriate to such an occasion. As the church bells ring to set the stage for the recorded fantasia, the lovely choir begins and carries straight through a roller coaster of gems, occasionally colored by a spare but powerful addition of period instruments throughout, fiddle, harp, organ, flute. Characteristic Hildegard themes of the miraculous, holy virginity and its fruits amplify and adorn songs regarding the new church's patron Saint Rupert and his virtues, a duke's son and ascetic who died at 20. Sequentia's combination of vibrant performance and informed but creative reconstruction perfectly matches the spirit of the bold medieval composer and abbess Hildegard, as she in turn linked her own charisms to Rupert. The total effect is like a rare telescope look into a distant spiritual terrain, and quite absorbing.

Superb rendition of Hildegard.......1999-12-23

Like all the other Hildegard/Sequentia discs, this one is a wonderful addition to any collection. Inspired performances, soaring melodies, intriguing texts. Elizabeth Gaver's instrumental compositions are an especially nice addition; they fit perfectly with Hildegard's style and provide just the right contrast to the vocal pieces. This is currently one of my "desert island" CD's.

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Mi Cosa Preciosa
Anibal Bravo
Manufacturer: Kubaney Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YBJR
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Mi Cosa Preciosa
Revancha
Llorna
Gatico
Africano
Ella Se Llamaba
Negra Pola
Leche
Fiesta de Blas
Que No Muerde Patea
Matica
Subienda
Mi Munequito
Chucucha

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Liszt the Dramatizer
Theatrical transcriptions from Liszt

Liszt at the Theatre

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002ZQV
Release Date: 1993-03-04

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Liszt the Dramatizer.......2007-07-06

Volume 18 in the Hyperion Liszt series resembles the fine sequence of "Liszt at the Opera" recordings which would eventually gross 12 CD's. The "Fantasies, transcriptions and paraphrases" that make up the present recording are based on and inspired by theatrical or "incidental" music. The composers represented are an odd grouping: Beethoven, Weber, Mendelssohn and Lassen. Furthermore, Liszt's selection of pieces is unique and even admirable. I think most listeners will be appreciative of the Beethoven and Mendelssohn fantasias, but the pieces by Lassen are marvelous rarities, whose charms improve after each relistening.

Liszt's interest in the Turkish March from Beethoven's "The Ruins of Athens" is not exactly a peculiar one. Anton Rubinstein, among others, also arranged a virtuoso transcription of the music for piano. Liszt's straightforward transcription of the March is endearing by itself, but the subsequent elaborations and full-blown fantasies Liszt indulges himself in are even more striking. Both the "Fantasy" and "Capriccio" on Beethoven's incidental music employs themes other than the March, and Liszt demonstrates a mastery of dramatic thrust. Both works are extrovert and bolstered by bravura piano-writing, but the quality of Beethoven's themes and Liszt's imagination collaborate quite nicely. Liszt's transcription of Mendelssohn's Wedding March and the Dance of the Elves from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is more like a paraphrase. According to Howard, "Liszt's often witty interpretation of the famed Mendelssohn Wedding March was a regular recital war-horse" and I can't help but be entertained by Liszt's spectacular variations.

Liszt's own stage work for a Herder play, Prometheus Bound, helped spawn his symphonic poem "Prometheus," but also a choral piece, the "Reapers' Chorus." As usual, Liszt's transcription is adroit and pianistic, and Howard feels that "among an output so vast it is perhaps an inevitable pity that this attractive trifle has fallen in oblivion." While the transcription of a Weber aria from "La Preciosa" is a welcome bonus, one of the main pleasures of this recording stems from the transcriptions of pieces by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904), who "succeeded Liszt as Kapellmeister at the Weimar court in 1858." The Symphonic Intermezzo is a splendid large-scale work in possession of some lovely themes. Howard notes, "Liszt sometimes sequentially extends the material in a way characteristic of his later works." Lassen's best ideas, however, show in his incidental music to Hebbel's "Nibelungen" and Goethe's "Faust." The outer sections of "Hagen and Krimhild" are dark evocations: the musical equivalent of an ominous Hellish pit that the composer of Funerailles and the Dante Sonata must have loved. "Bechlarn" is Lassen's gem, though, and lingers in the mind with its duality of yearning melancholy and naivete. Although the two pieces based on Faust are nothing out of the Romantic ordinary, they are equally appealing and passionately played. The polonaise of "Hoffest" has a substantial melodic idea which Liszt infuses with gorgeous harmonization and ornamentation.

Bottom line: This Volume may not have the inimitable masterpieces found in the "Liszt at the Opera" series, but for reasons of special historical interest and simple listening pleasure, I cannot give this recording less than five stars. The Beethoven fantasias and the Mendelssohn paraphrase are certainly worth reviving, while Lassen's pieces have many moments of drama and beauty that are worth hearing.

Theatrical transcriptions from Liszt.......2001-07-12

I think Liszt had slightly better luck at the opera, but there's much to enjoy here. Just look at the music, and imagine it transcribed for piano in Liszt's inimitable fashion. Go for it!

Weber: Overtures; Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor

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Kubelik and the Bavarians are a great match
Kubelik in top form!
Brilliant Budget Buy

Weber: Overtures; Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001XAS80
Release Date: 2004-04-13

Tracks:

Overture From Der FreischBravarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Overture From Oberon - Bravarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Allegro - Karl Leister
Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Karl Leister
Rondo. Allegretto - Karl Leister
Overture From Euryanthe - Bravarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Overture From Abu Hassan - Bravarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Overture From Preciosa - Bravarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jubel-OuvertBravarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Kubelik and the Bavarians are a great match.......2007-07-01

Rafael Kubelik recorded with many orchestras. As a matter of fact, his set of Beethoven symphonies has 9 different orchestras. His longest tenure with any single orchestra was with the Bavarian Radio Symphony (Munich). He had a very special relationship with this orchestra. There is an enormous amount of warmth in the Weber overtures performed here but there is also plenty of brilliance, especially in Oberon. If you do not have a CD of Weber overtures, this is the set to buy, especially at the budget price.

Kubelik in top form!.......2006-02-13

In the Sixties this set of Overtures meant a true success. Weber 's Overtures still maintain a low profile among the great audiences. From time to time, you may listen Furtive hunter or Oberon, but hardly jezebel, Preciosa pr Abu Hassan , for instance.

The happy conjunction of Kubelik and this notable orchestra was extremely fruitful: I still hear this set on LP and I still enjoy them. Go for this rewarding album.

Brilliant Budget Buy.......2005-03-12

Don't you just love it when classic recordings get reissued on CD at a budget price?! Such is the case with this title in the "Universal Classics" series featuring Weber Overtures and the Clarinet Concerto No. 1, originally made in the mid 1960s for Deutsche Grammophon. I fell in love with conductor Rafael Kubelik years ago after being introduced to his recordings of Dvorak, and he produces the same glowing results here. Of course performing with his beloved Bavarian RSO on the Overtures, and the Berlin Philharmonic, with soloist Karl Leister on the Concerto, ensures performances of the highest quality. With classical budget lines beginning to inexplicably disappear (like Sony's "Essential Classics" series -- what's up with that?!), I'm delighted that UNI has made these great recordings available again at such an inexpensive price.

Schubert: Songs; Wolf: Songs from the Spanisches Liederbuch

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The diverse artistry of Jan Degaetani

Schubert: Songs; Wolf: Songs from the Spanisches Liederbuch

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005J0U
Release Date: 1992-01-14

Tracks:

Schafers Klagelied
Rastlose Liebe
Blondel zu Marien
Der Musensohn
Lied der Liebe
Heidenroslein
Sprache der Liebe
An mein Hertz
Ganymed
Tief im Herzen trag' ich Pein
Die ihr schwebet um diese Palmen
Fuhr mich, Kind, nach Berthlehem!
Kopfchen, Kopfchen, nicht gewimmert (Preciosas Spruchlein gegen Kopfweh)
Wunden tragst du, mein Geliebter
Sie blasen zum Abmarsch
In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Herr, was tragt der Boden hier
Sagt, seid Ihr es, feiner Herr
Alle gingen, Herz, zur Ruh
Geh',Geliebter, geh' zt!
Ach, des Knaben Augen
Muhvoll komm'ich und beladen
Trau' nicht der Liebe
ZMogen alle bosen Zungen
Bedeckt mich mit Blumen

Customer Reviews:

The diverse artistry of Jan Degaetani.......2000-12-07

Of all the many treasurable discs of the late mezzo and her musical partner Gilbert Kalish, this is perhaps my favorite, since it showcases not only the technical and interpretive mastery that made her such an ideal interpreter of modern music, but also the sheer beauty of the voice itself. Degaetani's treatment of the Schubert songs may not reveal many new insights (or particularly clear enunciation of the German text), but the freshness and purity of her tone is ravishing, especially in the long descending lines of "Blondel zu Marien" (her "Ganymed" is also gorgeous, full of sun and warmth). The Wolf songs, by contrast, do not make for pretty or even pleasant listening (as they should not), but Degaetani's alertness to every shade of meaning, whether in the tortured religious songs or the bantering coquetry of the lighter "love" lyrics, make for thrilling performances, while her wide range of dynamics and perfect intonation (always so important in this music) are never less than breathtaking. Listen to the end of "Bedeckt mich mit Blumen"--Degaetani's languid sighing of the words "vor Liebe" just after singing them forte will give you chills; it perfectly conveys the bewilderment and masochistic anguish of the lovesick. Very occasionally the voice, always short at the top, can acquire an unpleasant bleating sound in the highest range in the Wolf songs, but this is a very small imperfection in what is an otherwise exhilarating recital of songs.

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Weber: Overtures

Manufacturer: Berlin Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IMF9
Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

Oberon
Peter Schmoll, Op.8
Beherrscher Der Geister ('Rubezahl'), Op.27
Preziosa, Op.78
Jubel-Ov, Op.59
Euryanthe - Staatskapelle Dresden/Marek Janowski

900 Years - Hildegard von Bingen / Sequentia

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Ecstasy!
A Collection to Treasure

900 Years - Hildegard von Bingen / Sequentia
Hildegard von Bingen , and Sequentia
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

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General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000B9MS
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

Canticles Of Ecstasy: O vis aeternitatis
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Nunc aperuit nobis
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Cum processit factura digiti Dei
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Ave Maria, O auctrix vite
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vite
Canticles Of Ecstasy: O ignis spiritus Paracliti
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Caritas habundat in omnia
Canticles Of Ecstasy: O virgia mediatrix
Canticles Of Ecstasy: O virdissima virga, Ave
Canticles Of Ecstasy: Instrumental Piece
Canticles Of Ecstasy: O Pastor Animarum
Canticles Of Ecstasy: O tu suavissima virga
Canticles Of Ecstasy: O choruscans stellarum
Canticles Of Ecstasy: O nobilissima viriditas

Tracks:

Voice Of The Blood: O rubor sanguinis
Voice Of The Blood: Favus distillans
Voice Of The Blood: Laus Trinitati
Voice Of The Blood: In Matutinis Laudibus: 1. Studium Divinitatis; 2. Unde quocumque; 3. De patria; 4. Deus enim; 5. Aer enim volat; 6. Et ideo puellae; 7. Deus enim rorem; 8. Sed Diabolus
Voice Of The Blood: O Ecclesia
Voice Of The Blood: Instrumental Piece
Voice Of The Blood: O aeterne Deus
Voice Of The Blood: O dulcissime amator
Voice Of The Blood: Rex noster promptus est
Voice Of The Blood: O cruor sanguinis
Voice Of The Blood: Cum vox sanguinis
Voice Of The Blood: Instrumental Piece
Voice Of The Blood: O virgo Ecclesia
Voice Of The Blood: Nunc guadeant materna
Voice Of The Blood: O orzchis Ecclesia

Tracks:

O Jerusalem
O Jerusalem: Quia felix puericia - Magnificat - Quia felix puericia
O Jerusalem: O felix apparicio
O Jerusalem: O beatissime Ruperte
O Jerusalem: Instrumental Piece
O Jerusalem: O tu illustrata
O Jerusalem: Cum erubuerint
O Jerusalem: O frondens virga - Gloria Patri; Ave, generosa
O Jerusalem: O quam preciosa
O Jerusalem: O ignee spiritus
O Jerusalem: Instrumental Piece
O Jerusalem: O quam magnam miraculum est

Tracks:

Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O quam mirabilis est
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O pulchrae facies
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O virga ac diadema purpurae regis
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): Instrumental Piece
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O clarissima mater
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): Instrumental Piece
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): Spiritui Sancto honor sit
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O virtus sapientiae
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O lucidissima Apostolorum turba
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): Instrumental Piece
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O successores fortissimi leonis
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): O vos, felices radices
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): Instrumental Piece
Symphoniae (Spiritual Songs): Vos flores rosarum

Tracks:

Ordo Virtutum: Prologue: Qui sunt hi, qui ut nubes?
Ordo Virtutum: Processional Of Embodied Souls
Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1: O nos peregrine sumus
Ordo Virtutum: Anima Processional
Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1 (Cont'd): O dulcis divinitas
Ordo Virtutum: Anima Processional
Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1 (Cont'd): O gravis labor
Ordo Virtutum: Instrumental Dance - Tanz
Ordo Virtutum: Scene 2: Ego Humilitas
Ordo Virtutum: Instrumental Dance

Tracks:

Ordo Virtutum: Interlude: Symphonia: O quam magnum miraculum
Ordo Virtutum: Interlude: Symphonia: O felix anima
Ordo Virtutum: Interlude: Symphonia: O quam mirabilis
Ordo Virtutum: Instrumental lament - Klageweise
Ordo Virtutum: Scene 3: Heu! Heu! nos virtutes plangamus
Ordo Virtutum: Scene 4: Que es, aut unde venis?
Ordo Virtutum: Finale: In principio

Tracks:

Saints: To God The Father: O magne pater
Saints: To Saint Boniface: O Bonifaci
Saints: To Saint Disibodus: O mirum admirandum; Domini est terra
Saints: Instrumental Piece
Saints: O viriditas digiti dei
Saints: O beata infantia; Domine Dominus noster
Saints: O felix anima
Saints: Instrumental Piece
Saints: O presul vere civitatis

Tracks:

Saints: To Saint Maximinus: Columba aspexit
Saints: To Saint Maximinus: Instrumental Piece
Saints: To Saint Ursula : O Ecclesia
Saints: To Saint Ursula : Spiritui Sancto
Saints: To Saint Mathias: Mathias, sanctus per electionem
Saints: To The Holy Widows: O pater omnium
Saints: To Saint Eucharius: O Euchari, columba virtutem illius
Saints: To Saint Eucharius: O Euchari, in leta via ambulasti

Amazon.com's Best of 1998

For all the effort put behind the Hildegard von Bingen revival in the past decade, no one has been as persistent as Sequentia. They capped their Hildegard cycles in 1998 with the two-CD set Saints and then this eight-CD collection. Nowhere else can you get such a focused study, showing exemplary growth in vision and polyphonic presentation. The music isn't flashy, but it's inventive in methodical steps and an abiding sense of vocal textures that sounds multidimensionally complex and still categorically engrossing. --Andrew Bartlett

Amazon.com

Founded in 1977 in Cologne by Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby, Sequentia set out in the early 1990s to document the entire catalog of Hildegard Von Bingen's music. They've completed the Hildegard cycle, and this eight-CD box collects the results in a solid, handsome cube--perfect for the bookshelf. The beauty of the music is undeniable and has wowed listeners since Canticles of Ecstasy set an international community of listeners on a path of discovery in 1994. The big bonus now is that you can skip over the periods of wowed seduction that will follow the inaugural listen, and take in the entire collection of single- and double-CD issues Sequentia has devoted to Hildegard's music. The recordings (and obviously the repertoire) are not particularly new, of course, but Sequentia has taken Hildegard to places no previous interpreter reached. Firstly, the group has been absolutely methodical with Hildegard, reaching always for the goal of a large collection of CDs by the 900-year anniversary of the composer's birth. Second, they've refined and perfected their take on Hildegard since first presenting this music almost 20 years ago. They've found smoother lines of execution--not to make the music in any way easier for listeners but rather in better proportion to Hildegard's philosophically well-proportioned vantage on music, spirituality, and life. Thus we have the collection of spiritual songs, Symphoniae, which relay earthly and celestial being to the polyphony of multiple voices and musical threads woven into the songs. We also have the breathlessly beautiful two CDs of Ordo Virtutum, a not-uncommon near-operatic corollary to medieval morality plays. This collection allows both newbies and committed fans the opportunity to work their way through hours and hours of musical bliss. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Ecstasy!.......2001-04-28

This is a wonderful collection of CDs. The early music includes plain song, male and female chant, and instrumental pieces. The package is gorgeous with Bizantine fresco art work on each jewel case. For those contemplating purchase, the group is composed of previous releases: Canticles of Estacy, Voice of Blood, O Jerusalem, Symphoniae, Ordo Virtutum, and Saints. These total $117.28 if you buy them individually so there is a real savings here. Those who are new to early music are in for a treat. This is music so old it is new, and as has been said, could be music of 900 years into the future. It is so other worldly, you are easily put into a meditative state. There is enough music here to fill your whole day with ecstasy.

A Collection to Treasure.......2000-08-16

When my daughter was born about a year ago I initiated the project of collecting some of the "better music" for her, fearing that if she was only exposed to my preferred music she'd end up being a bass player in a biker band someday. I started with the Mozart piano concertos, then went to lots of Bach and other Baroque masterpieces, even ventured into some Wendy Carlos, with her "Turned On Bach." I cringe to think how much I've spent in the last year, although I must say that the investment has been worth every penny. We actually have neighbors occasionally knocking on our door wanting to know what the music is which we are playing. It seems there is an untapped market for higher music. Well, suffice it to say that I was linked to this "900 Years" set from some other CD which I was contemplating and for some reason I was tantilized, without really knowing exactly what to expect.

This music is divine, total heaven on plastic. It is prolonged euphoria. The ambience is so pervasive that it just seizes you, totally centers your focus, lifts your imagination. Without degenerating into too many additional cliches, let me just suggest that this music gives me a tremendous sense of well-being, a feeling which seems to be more elusive to me as the years go by.

I've only played it through two times in the past month since I received it, as it is quite lengthy and I don't want to desensitize myself to it. I listen to it in the morning when I'm first waking up. It brings me blissfully out of the twilight of my dreams into the vast possibilities for a new day. If one doesn't listen closely a superficial criticism may emerge that the CD's all sound similar. Play them again when you can focus more on the music and this concern will disappear. I will mention as well that if you don't have a one year old running your household, as I do, this music will be absolutely perfect for you and your favored one to listen to in front of the fireplace.

I don't have a sufficient command of the lexicon of this type of music to properly describe it to you: what comes to mind are floating feminine voices, clear resonant stringed instruments, it does indeed seems like the music of a thousand years ago, a thousand years from now. This is the music of eternity. I haven't yet read the substantive brochures which are enclosed respectively in each of the "jewel" cases, I'm afraid they may alter my interpretation of the music. If you're into that type of thing, however, I will mention that this is the best "packaged" box set I've yet purchased (of probably around 100). Each CD box has an outrageously beautiful piece of medieval art on it which perfectly compliments the music.

My daughter? She likes it, even she seems meditative when it plays. I envision it activating all types of neurological pathways in her adorable little head. I shall concede, however, that she is still cuter when she is dancing playfully to Metallica.

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