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Here, at last, is Hildegard sung by Benedictine nuns... living the same life, breathing the same air, and trying to capture the spirit of their great predecessor... they represent really lovely, rather unusual tones, beautifully sung, and with understanding (© Gramophone) Inchit seems to me absolutely to catch the spirit of her music this Vespers disc, sung by the nuns of the Abbey of St Hildegard in Eibingen. (Gramophone Critics' choice 1998) Album Tracks 1. Benedict Nuns Opening Verse InchDeus in AuditoriumInch 2. 1st Antiphon InchO Aeterne DeusInch with Psalm 109/110 3. 2nd Antiphon InchSpiritus SanctusInch with Psalm 110/111 4. 3rd Antiphon InchO Magne PaterInch with Psalm 129/130 4th Antiphon InchCaritas AbundatInch with Psalm 130/131 5. Lesson Revelations 21,1-5 6. Responsory InchO Vis AeternitatisInch 7. Sequence InchO Ignis Spiritus ParaclitiInch 8. Magnificat Antiphon InchO Quam MirabilisInch, Magnificat 9. Closing Prayers Kyrie & Pater Noster 10. Sequence To St. Disibod InchO Praesul Verae CivitatisInch 11. Sequence To St. Rupert InchO Ierusalem, Aurea CivitasInch