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Whistle Stopper - Vision: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen
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List Price: $16.98
Our Price: $4.24
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Manufacturer: Angel Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724355524621
Label: Angel Records
Manufacturer: Angel Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Angel Records
Release Date: 1994-11-01
Studio: Angel Records
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Summary: Medieval meets lounge
Comment: If Hildegard Von Bingen wrote music for a hip lounge, this would be it. Its amazing that music this old ( from the 1100's) can sound so wonderful and modern with the addition of modern instruments. It really energizes the old music I have couple of recordings of Hildegard's music with out the addition of lounge, and this wonderfully differant. Lounge or medieval, Hildegard is always wonderful.
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Summary: "Power of ascencion"
Comment: This cd is one of my favorites at this moment, I would definetely recomend this cd to someone who is doing their spiritual work, trying to go to the next level, because it definetely raises your awareness, your vibration/consciousness. This music promotes presence, if you get out of presence while listening to this music, it will bring you to presence, several times during this cd. This music awakens appretiation and Love for the Divine Mother and helps us align with Christ Conciousness! This work feels Divinely inspired, it is awesome to witness how somebody that lived almost a thousand years ago has managed to work toguether with the people who did this wonderful work of art and Love! The musical notes transport me to a spiritual, angelical realm and I have felt Hildegard's presence often since I've been listening to this cd!
You can listen to the sampler amazon provides for a taste of it!!!! Namaste!!!
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Summary: A good concept.....
Comment: 1. This work is very unigue, it has the very unique mix of the ancient and the new and believe me it works!
2. This is not something that one can use in contemplative meditation. The words and compositions are St.Hildegard's but the music is very modern yet enjoyable. A very innovative work....
3. The idea is based on Hildegard's visions. Though her visions occured some 700 years ago it was the future she saw and hence the music is futuristic for her yet profoundly appealing to us.
5. If too much of classical mono/polyphonic singing gets to you then put this one on..... its like the little cucumber rolls that are served with sushi....freshens you a lot!
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Summary: A very different style of Hildegard
Comment: This CD isn't quite the shining example of Hildegard's music, but it isn't dissapointing either. The new-agey music and the chanting go well together, but at times the mix is a little akward, and it is those moments when it seems that the vocals are just stamped on top of the music that takes away from this album. Otherwise, the music is pretty rich and conjures epic and heavenly images. I'd have to side with the 'purists' on this one: if you're a stickler for authentic sounding Hildegard music, go for the other albums such as Luminous Spirit because this one might come across as a little weird.
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Summary: ONE WORD- 'AWSOME"
Comment: I have been a fan of music since before I was born it seems- I have almost all of her music- but this is the star on the night sky- people keep trashing this album /cd- I think this is the best of her visions/music and if you want to be swept away on clouds of tone and dance with angels of light then BUY this cd- I love to darken the house , light the candles and let this one spin again and again- listen closely to " for the virgin' it will make you want to play this over and over again-also this entire cd was recorded in the catacombs- how spiritual is that, music/thought/words/visions from years turned to dust and stone- may this cd bring you back to a time when the world was innocent and gentle/have played this along with Enigma and people can not get enough of this cd!!!!!!!!!!
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Editorial Reviews:
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"Vision--The Music of Hildegard von Bingen"? Make that "Hildegard--the Dance Remix." (Yes, it has been used on the dance floor of at least one New York City nightclub.) What else can you call it when Richard Souther takes the stark, ecstatic plainchant of the 12th-century abbess and adds heavily produced electronic trance-and-dance tracks? Souther's additions aren't bad in themselves--they are a bit New Age-y, yet danceable in a druggy 3:00-a.m. kind of way--but slather them over Hildegard's spare, intense chant melodies and the effect is perverse, if not just silly. Don't blame poor Emily van Evera--she is a fine interpreter of Hildegard, and EMI simply asked her to record some unaccompanied solo tracks of the abbess's music and send in the tapes; she had no idea what was going to be done with them until this disc came out with her name on it. This shows up in the final product: the gently fluid pulse van Evera applied to Hildegard's music (which would make perfect sense in the a cappella performance she thought she was giving) feels completely disconnected from the rigid rhythms inherent in Souther's electronic accompaniment. Now, there are a number of customer reviews, below, from listeners who like this title a great deal--have a look at them, check out the sound clips, and by all means get this title if you're interested. But, if you're curious about Hildegard, go to the recording that made her famous eight centuries after her death: A Feather on the Breath of God. --Matthew Westphal
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