Manna From Heaven!
Warren A. Keller | buckhannon, wvUSA | 11/03/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I heard 2 cuts on WNYC- NPR last week which were so divine that I had to have it! This is right where I live, regarding early music. If anyone enjoys this as much as me, could you suggest other titles that I could collect in this vein?"
Angelic !!
Kilgore Trout | WA | 07/16/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Inspiring. I'd never heard of this composer before, but will be looking for other recordings of his music - hopefully done as well as here!
To answer the last reviewer, who asked for music in this vein - check out a few that occur to me:
* "New World Symphonies: Baroque Music from Latin America"
* "Greenfire: A Celtic String Ensemble" (available on BMG)
* Noirin Ni Riain, who sings ancient celtic songs
* parts of Bach's "B minor Mass"
* Motets and Anthems by Wm. Byrd.
Those works aren't from the same era as Coincy, but seem "similar in feeling", IMO.
I don't have the following album yet, but it gets rave reviews on Amazon:
"Gautier de Coincy: Miracles of Notre Dame"
This group should perform some of Hildegard's works. They might be able to bring out qualities in her works, that others have missed."