Hildegard von Bingen: Inspiration - Lieder und Visionen

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN 14 Songs • Michael Popp, dir; VocaMe • BERLIN 0300425 (57:47 Text and Translation) Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) came to wide attention only in 1982 with the release of Gothic Voices’ collection of eight of her works, their first recording and Hyperion’s first best seller. It was preceded by a few obscure recordings, including a full LP made at her convent at Eibingen (now on CD), but the spate of recordings that marked her anniversary year of 1998 was an extraordinary outpouring. By that time, Sequentia had made nearly her complete works, lacking only a final disc that was never recorded because of the untimely death of Barbara Thornton (the missing pieces have all been recorded by others before or since then). Lately we have had only an occasional issue, most recently Barbara Zanichelli’s ( Fanfare 35:4). These selections skip the most familiar pieces, but range from the relatively familiar O ignis Spiritus and O virga ac diadema to