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'''''Canticles of Ecstasy''''' is an album of sacred [[vocal music]] written in the 12th century by the German [[abbess]] [[Hildegard of Bingen]] and recorded by the [[Sequentia]] medieval music ensemble that was released by the [[Deutsche Harmonia Mundi]] record label in 1994.<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/hildegard-von-bingen-canticles-of-ecstasy-mw0001812430. Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref>▼
| artist = [[Sequentia (music group)|Sequentia]]
| cover =Canticles of Ecstasy.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1994}}
| recorded = [[St. Pantaleon's Church, Cologne|St. Pantaleon, Cologne]], [[Germany]], 16–21 June 1993
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist| Sacred [[vocal music]] | [[plainchant]] | [[early music]]}}
| length = 72:53
| label = [[Deutsche Harmonia Mundi]]
| producer = Klaus L. Neumann
| prev_title = Oswald von Wolkenstein: Songs
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Voice of the Blood
| next_year = 1995
}}
▲'''''Canticles of Ecstasy''''' is an album of sacred [[vocal music]] written in the 12th century by the German [[abbess]] [[Hildegard of Bingen]] and recorded by the [[Sequentiaearly music]] medievalensemble [[Sequentia (music ensemblegroup)|Sequentia]] that was released by the [[Deutsche Harmonia Mundi]] recordrecording label in 19941993.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/hildegard-von-bingen-canticles-of-ecstasy-mw0001812430. Hildegard von Bingen: Canticles of Ecstasy] Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref>
 
The album is one of a series of recordings of the complete musical works of Hildegard by the early medieval music specialists and founders of Sequentia, [[Barbara Thornton]] and her husband [[Benjamin Bagby]].
The album was recorded from 16 to 21 June 1993 in the Church of St Pantaleon, [[Cologne]], [[Germany]], “at the sarcophagus of the Empress Theophanu (d. 990)”.<ref>''Canticles of Ecstasy'' CD booklet, pp. 3–4.</ref>
 
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The music is from a medieval manuscript written at Hildegard's abbey (Rupertsberger "Riesencodex" (1180–90) Wiesbaden: Hessische Landesbibliothek, MS 2) and the [[Latin]] texts are from Hildegard von Bingen, ''Lieder'' (Salzburg, 1969).<ref>''Canticles of Ecstasy'' CD booklet, p. 4.</ref>
 
==Track listing==
All vocal compositions ([[responses]] and [[antiphons]]) written by Hildegard of Bingen.
#“O"O vis aeternitatis”aeternitatis" (7:56)
#“Nunc"Nunc aperuit nobis”nobis" (1:53)
#“Quia"Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit”instruxit" (1:49)
#“Cum"Cum processit factura digiti Dei”Dei" (6:32)
#“Alma"Alma Redemptoris Mater”Mater" (2:10)
#“Ave"Ave Maria, O auctrix vite”vite" (8:57)
#“Spiritus"Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vite”vite" (2:15)
#“O"O ignis spiritus Paracliti”Paracliti" (6:17)
#“Caritas"Caritas habundat in omnia”omnia" (2:10)
#“O"O virga mediatrix”mediatrix" (2:25)
#“O"O viridissima virga, Ave”Ave" (3:51)
#Instrumental Piece (3:30)
#“O"O Pastor Animarum”Animarum" (1:18)
#“O"O tu suavissima virga”virga" (11:12)
#“O"O choruscans stellarum”stellarum" (2:37)
#“O"O nobilissima viriditas”viriditas" (6:42)
 
==Personnel==
 
===Musicians===
*[[Barbara Thornton]] – voice, director
*Gundula Anders – voice
*[[Pamela Dellal]] – voice
*Elizabeth Glen – voice
*Heather Knutson – voice
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*Elizabeth Gaver – medieval fiddle, arranger
*Elisabetta de Mircovich – medieval fiddle
*[[Benjamin Bagby]] – medieval harp, arranger
 
===Recording and production personnel===
*Jan Hofermann – executive producer
*Klaus IL. Neumann – producer
*Barbara Valentin – artistic recording supervisor
*Martin Andrae – technical recording supervisor
*Barbara Göbel – editing
*Jens Markowsky – final editing
 
==See also==
{{Portal|Classical music|Middle Ages}}
*''[[Ordo Virtutum]]''
 
==References==
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{{Hildegard of Bingen}}
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[[Category:Western plainchant]]
[[Category:Early music albums]]
[[Category:1993 albums]]
[[Category:Hildegard of Bingen]]
[[Category:Theophanu]]
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