Ordo virtutum

Album by Hildegard von Bingen & Sequentia

Ordo Virtutum is a 12th-century liturgical drama and musical morality play by Hildegard von Bingen, composed around 1151. The work consists of monophonic plainsong for solo and ensemble voices with dramatic exchanges between allegorical characters, exemplifying medieval chant and Hildegard's distinctive melodic style, and it is one of the earliest surviving liturgical dramas in the Western repertory.
First released: 1982

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Ecce quadragesimo tertio
    3:22
  2. 2.
    Scene Two: Ego sum, amatrix simplicium morum
    12:08
  3. 3.
    Antiphon: O splendidissima gemma
    5:03
  4. 4.
    Scene Three: Heu, heu, nos Virtutes plangamus
    13:25
  5. 5.
    Prologue: Qui sunt hi, qui ut nubes?
    2:13
  6. 6.
    Scene Four: Que es, aut unde venis?
    9:47
  7. 7.
    Finale: Hoc audiant et intelligant omnes populi
    0:46
  8. 8.
    Scene One: O nos peregrine sumus
    19:33
  9. 9.
    Scene Two: Ego, Humilitas, regina, Virtutum
    18:40
  10. 10.
    Finale: In principio omnes creature viruerunt
    4:00

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