Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

Laudes de Sainte Ursule
In Matutinis Laudibus Sancte Ursule



Ensemble Organum
Marcel Peres - conductor




The hidden face of Hildegard von Bingen
Saint, visionary, healer, composer... The many miraculous attributes granted to Hildegard von Bingen have perhaps served to take her music out of its true context of the liturgical reality and values of her time. The Ensemble Organum's aim is to consider her in the light of the Benedictine tradition of the post-Carolingian period - and also in the wake of the great creative spirit that inspired the whole 12th century. These psalms and antiphons in honour of Saint Ursula and her 11,000 martyred virgins perpetuated a powerful Rhineland legend that haunted the popular imagination throughout the last centuries of the Middle Ages and beyond.



01. Deus in adjutorium meum intende 1'10
02. Antienne Studium divinitatis 1'26
03. Psaume 50 Miserere mei Deus 7'13
04. Antienne (reprise) 1'24
05. Antienne Unde quoque 2'07
06. Psaume 117 Confitemini Domino 8'42
07. Antienne (reprise) 2'02
08. Antienne De Patria 2'12
09. Psaume 62 Deus, Deus meus 3'30
10. Antienne (reprise) 2'07
11. Antienne Deus enim 1'12
12. Cantique Benedicite omnia opera 5'26
13. Antienne (reprise) 1'10
14. Antienne Aer enim 1'21
15. Psaume 148 Laudate Dominum 3'58
16. Antienne (reprise) 1'19
17. Capitulum 0'53
18. Hymne Cum vox sanguinis Ursule 10'35
19. Versiculum 0'40
20. Antienne Et ideo puelle iste 1'32
21. Cantique de Zacharie Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel 5'36
22. Antienne (reprise) 1'28
23. Kyrie, Pater noster, Oratio 4'00
24. Benedicamus Domino 1'17
25. Repons Spiritui Sancto honor sit 6'31


Total Time: 79'01