Hildegard von Bingen: Marienlieder

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN Ave Maria o auctrix. O clarissima. O splendidissima. Hodie aperuit. Quia ergo femina. Cum processit. Cum erubuerint. O frondens virga. O quam magnum. Ave generosa. O virga ac diadema. O tu suavissima virga • Johannes Berchmans Göschl, dir; Ens Mediatrix • PROFIL PH10011H (55:19) This first appeared as Calig CAL 50982 ( Fanfare 21:1), where notes, texts, and translations were printed in addition to the simple track list that remains here. The dozen selections are all dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and sung from the Dendermonde codex, the earlier and less complete but more authoritative manuscript of Hildegard’s collected works. The choice has some significance for O frondens virga , included here, one of the two pieces not found in the more complete Wiesbaden codex, perhaps compiled after her death. It also concerns Hodie aperuit , which appears in the later source as Nunc aperuit . Barbara Newman adopts the earlier text in her critical ed