"In this first-rate traversal of her music--the most popular of several volumes released by the early-music ensemble Sequentia--we hear music that resulted from Hildegard′s legendary visions... As rendered here by the voices and instruments of Sequentia, her music invokes an unobscured sense of mystery, conforming to Hildegard′s belief that music was our bridge to the harmonies of the heavens. Whether or not we′re experiencing that "heavenly harmony" here, the simple, direct, beautifully turned melodies, sung by pure, finely tuned, warm-colored women′s voices, often eerily accompanied by an instrumental drone, is heavenly enough." (David Vernier)