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Ever since the premiere of our Ordo Virtutum performance in 2009 at the "Styriarte" Festival in Austria, the Ars Choralis Coeln have performed this mystery play more than a dozen times in Germany and various other european countries, and even in Taiwan. Finally the time has come to release a recording of their celebrated rendition, especially since audiences and fans have long-awaited such a recording. Hildegard of Bingen's (1098-1179) visionary works and chants demonstrate an artistic synthesis the likes of which cannot be rivaled. Hildegard's Ordo Virtutum is the earliest extant mystery play to survive in written form in Europe. Even today, Hildegard's love of giving artistic form to her ideas, as well as creating dramatic productions, is impressive -- like when she lets the Virtutes (the virtues), Anima (the soul), and the Diabolus (the devil) perform and sing: Hildegard's vision of a sounding divine order. The Ars Chroralis Coeln, a women's vocal ensemble including members from various countries, gave its debut concert in 2004 in Cologne, Germany in the "Romanische Nacht." Ever since, Ars Choralis Coeln has established a reputation both nationally and internationally within the medieval music concert scene. The many concerts within Germany and abroad, as well as many CD productions, attest to the ensemble's success.