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A Feather on the Breath of God | 
| Creators: Hildegard von Bingen, Doreen Muskett, Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera, Poppy Holden, Judith Stell, Howard Milner, Andrew Parrott, Kevin Breen
Label: Hyperion UK
Category: Music
List Price: $21.98
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 5987
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 66039
UPC: 034571160399
EAN: 0034571160399
ASIN: B000002ZGD
Release Date: September 1, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Columbia Aspexit | | • | Ave Generosa | | • | O Ignis Spiritus | | • | O Ierusalem | | • | O Euchari | | • | O Viridissima Virga | | • | O Presul Vere Civitas | | • | O Ecclesia |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
This is the record that started the Hildegard craze back in 1982--and you need only listen to Emma Kirkby glide and soar through Columba aspexit (the opening hymn) to understand why. Gothic Voices performs the music very simply, either alternating soloists and unison choir over a drone or using a single unaccompanied voice. The singers render Hildegard's extravagant poetic imagery and melody not with the rhythmically fluid, ecstatic approach favored by Sequentia, but with equalist rhythm and a calm, meditative quality. Gothic Voices' straightforward approach is less likely to send you into a rapturous trance than is Sequentia's, but in the hands of such fine singers as Kirkby, Margaret Philpot, and Emily van Evera, Hildegard's extraordinary texts and melodies are captivating--and clear enough to linger in the memory as melodies rather than just sensations. This record is still Hyperion's bestselling title by far--try it and find out why. --Matthew Westphal
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Prayer guides October 15, 2009
IRate
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though short of encompassing rapture for me, these bare-boned choral ruminations on divinity provide ace background to indulge in existential introspections.
Beautiful and Soothing February 27, 2009
Margaret Marsick (Auckland, New Zealand)
This CD is so blissful it makes all your worries disappear, if but for a wee while. I played this to my 5 year old students to settle them after lunch, they totally zoned out or should I say zoned into it. It was bliss. Buy it and enjoy it.
Music of the Heart January 11, 2009
A. Glavin
This is the perfection of music of the heart, and one's longing for proximity to God and God's will for the individual. There is no work to be done here, simply listening with the heart opens the doors to God love.
just phenomenal... June 22, 2008
Craig A. Manning (Sydney)
Undoubtedly the best Hildegard recording I've ever heard. I have other Hildegard discs that get played once, but this has been my constant companion for 13 or 14 years. The best yet.
Simply Essential May 26, 2008
Christian Ellithorpe (Streamwood, IL United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Of the MANY recordings featuring the works of Hildegard Von Bingen, this is probably the most influential release ever. In my opinion, this one started it all: the renewed interest in Chant, hybrids of Chant & dance, Chant of Tibetan Monks and other cultures, and of course, interest in the profound and gracious Hildegard herself. If the term "Medieval Music" conjures up visions of dull, dusty performances, having nothing to do with 21st Century life, PLEASE think outside the box! This CD should be essential listening for anyone considering the vast "treasure-trove" of fine recordings of Medieval or "Early" Music. I still remember picking this up in 1982, playing it (on a record player!) and hearing Emma Kirkby for the first time, I was immediately drawn in to another World. Hear it once, and you simply will be changed, by the work of this incredibly gifted Master, and a true Heroine of her time. Nothing more I could say will describe this; simply give this a listen...
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