Publisher's description:
Since the early days, Christianity has shown a reverence and respect towards virgins, usually young girls who rejected the advances of the occupying Roman forces, arguing that they were instead married to Christ. Often, these girls were raped, tortured and crucified by the authorities, and such atrocities extended through the Dark and Middle Ages and beyond, in cultures all over the world.
This stirring new CD sets Gregorian, Ambrosian chant and two episodes from the life of St Agnes, creating a musical memorial to female victims of violence and abuse, raising a plea for freedom, respect and peace to be established in today's world. Poems and texts by Tehlia Lieberman and Marthe Link, read in English, punctuate the chants, and there are moving accounts by women raped in Central Africa and girls forced to enter homes for single mothers and give up their children.
Other information:
- Recording made in 2011
- A moving and powerful programme of the old and new, dealing with an important and shocking issue that is still with us in the 21st century.
- 48-page booklet, containing extensive notes about the project by the artists, and complete texts of the chants, poems and readings in Dutch, English and Latin. The text in the booklet is a plea for female freedom, equal rights, respect and peace, regardless of religion or culture.

From the box:
An endless procession of young women approaches us on the famous painting by the Van Eyck brothers. They are the martyred virgins who all over the world, from ancient times until the present, have been violated both physically and psychologically.
This CD commemorates and honours these women, using age-old Gregorian chant framed with lectures that offer a modern context.
 
Tracks:
1. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Litany, Part 1 09:04
2. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Tertio decimo, AMEM 434 01:44
3. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: De virginibus (1), Lho 1072 03:16
4. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Agnes beatae virginis, LH 341 02:10
5. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: From 2 Samuel 13: Amnon and Tamar 02:40
6. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Psalm 43 (42): Iudica me Deus, P… 02:08
7. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: From Jours de famine et de détresse 03:13
8. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Ingressa Agnes, Psalm 147: 16 AM2 6 00:57
9. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: From The men who killed me 03:54
10. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Improperium, GT 148 02:03
11. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: From The Magdalen 03:52
12. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Vox in rama, Psalm 79 (78): 1 GT… 02:36
13. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Agnes famula, LV 567 00:43
14. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: De virginibus (2), Lho 1072 04:59
15. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Igne divini, LH 340 02:43
16. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Christus factus est, GN 108 03:44
17. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: From Tehila Lieberman: The Holy… 00:57
18. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Ave verum, CS 10 01:32
19. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: From Tehila Lieberman: The Holy… 01:42
20. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Beati mundo corde, Psalm 37 (36)… 03:38
21. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: From Marthe Link: Forgive us our… 01:44
22. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Stans beata Agnes, Magnificat AM… 04:47
23. Pro sinceritate corporali et spiritali, A Gregorian Memorial to Female Victims of Violence: Litany, Part 2 08:24