Ordo Virtutum

Album by Hildegard von Bingen & Sequentia

Ordo Virtutum is a liturgical drama by Hildegard von Bingen, composed around 1151. The work is written as monophonic chant in Latin featuring allegorical characters and modal melodies performed largely by a female religious community, and it occupies an early and important place in medieval music as a surviving example of musical drama that illustrates Hildegard's approach to sacred text and melody.
First released: 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Ordo Virtutum: Prologue. Qui sunt hi, qui ut nubes?
    2:24
  2. 2.
    Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O quam magnum miraculum
    4:33
  3. 3.
    Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O felix anima
    4:28
  4. 4.
    Processional of Embodied Souls
    2:28
  5. 5.
    Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O quam mirabilis
    3:12
  6. 6.
    Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1. O nos peregrine sumus
    2:23
  7. 7.
    Instrumental Lament
    2:18
  8. 8.
    Anima Processional
    2:59
  9. 9.
    Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1. O dulcis divinitas
    2:11
  10. 10.
    Ordo Virtutum: Scene 3. Heu! Heu! nos virtutes plangamus
    13:02
  11. 11.
    Ordo Virtutum: Scene 3. Que es, aut unde venis?
    9:06
  12. 12.
    Anima Processional
    0:46
  13. 13.
    Ordo Virtutum: Finale. In principio
    4:08
  14. 14.
    Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1. O gravis labor
    9:39
  15. 15.
    Instrumental Dance
    1:59
  16. 16.
    Ordo Virtutum: Scene 2. Ego Humilitas
    24:25
  17. 17.
    Instrumental Dance
    1:48

Credits