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) | Label: SCANDINAVIAN CLASSICS Catalog: SCV233861 Format: CD Christensen; Hoxbro; Davis; Vokalensemble Con Fuoco; Nielsen; Akademisk Kor Kopenhagen; Akademisk Orkester Kopenhagen; ZenanaComposed by: Bingen, Hildegard von The most famous woman in medieval Germany, the Benedictine nun Hildegard von Bingen was a composer, mystic, authoress, scientist, philosopher and theologian. Her extant individual and complex pieces, numbering about eighty items including the hymns, have come down to us in two collections. Poul Høxbro’s ensemble “Alba”, joined by alto Agnethe Christensen, play historic instruments. Nenia Zenana and the Copenhagen university chorus and orchestra are also specialists in this arena.  Price: $32.98 |