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  • First recording for the Raumklang label
    Ensemble Ordo Virtutum will record in October 2012 a new CD for the Raumklang label featuring the music of Hermannus Contractus (Herman the Crippled, 1013-1054) of Reichenau.

    Herman, whose 1000th birthday will be remembered in 2013, was until recently only known as a chronicler and music theorist.
    Meanwhile some of his very outstanding compositions on saints of the South-German area, as for St. Wolfgang, Afra and Magnus have been rediscovered.

    This will be the first recording devoted entirely to the music of Herman and will be presented in 2013 on the UNESCO World Heritage Isle of Reichenau.

    The CD is co-produced with the SWR2, the BR and the UNESCO-World Culture Heritage Foundation Reichenau.


  • Third CD-Recording on the Christophorus label
    Ensemble Ordo Virtutum continued its collaboration with the Christophorus label with a third CD-recording again as a co-production with the SWR and in collaboration with the Library of Saint Gall.

    In April 2010 the program Notker Balbulus - Sequences, tropes and Gregorian Chant from Saint Gall Abbey was recorded.
    The CD was presented on November 28th 2010 at Saint Gall during the opening of the annual exhibition of the Library and was released in January 2011. [-> Flyer]

    "A well-considered and well-focused program of chant that specialists will be grateful for"
    Jerome F. Weber, Fanfare July/August 2011
    Golden Label Gouden Label[excellent recordings of 2011]
    Klassiek Centraal

    [Award ceremony: 5. 6. 2011, Townhall Brussels/Gothic Hall]
    Rating [excellent]
    rbb kulturradio
    "Historisch präzise, abwechslungsreich und anrührend"
    KulturSPIEGEL

    To the webshop of Christophorus

  • Second CD-Recording on the Christophorus label
    In September 2009 the program Insula felix - Music from the Monastery of Reichenau was recorded at St. George's church on the Isle of Reichenau/Lake of Constance.
    The CD was released in June 2010.
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    "Het ensemble Ordo Virtutum weet de juiste sfeer te treffen ... Mede dankzij de prachtig vastgelegde akostiek is dit een sfeervolle cd die een tipje oplicht van de muziekpraktijk in een Duits klooster rond het jaar 1000"
    Marcel Bijlo, Klassieke Zaken 5/2010
    "The singing is excellent throughout ... It is musically captivating repertoire and historically intriguing. In particular those with a special interest in early liturgical music shouldn't miss this disc"
    Johan van Veen, musica Dei donum 2010
    Esta afirmación me sirve para recomendar y valorar con entusiasmo un disco como éste
    Josemi Lorenzo Arribas, diverdi.com

    To the webshop of Christophorus


  • CD-Recording O quam venerandus est
    Ensemble Ordo Virtutum recorded the Office of the Holy Blood O quam venerandus est sanguis iste in September 2009.

    The recording is a co-production with the Verein zur Förderung der Musik Oberschwabens e.V. [OEW] and the SWR.
    The recording was released on the Label Christophorus as well as on da-music. [-> Audio]

    Christophorus Cover Front
    "Muy recomendable!"
    Josemi Lorenzo Arribas, diverdi.com







    To the webshop of Christophorus


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