Cappella Records “continues to turn out sensational recordings that are state -of–the-art in sound quality” —Audiophile Audition Available October 18, 2024. Full Catalog Inspirational stuff, captured in glowing sound. –Rebecca Tavener Choir & Organ The choir is very good…The singers feel the liturgy and are very good at spinning out the lines of chant […]
[…] the Liturgy. Everything comes together there. Everything springs from there. And in Orthodoxy the Liturgy is so much about beauty—the beauty of holiness, the beauty of humanity freed from all things that enslave us, the beauty of God. So I guess I would say that my commitment to Orthodoxy is really a commitment to […]
Hymns of Kassianí is now available on all your favorite digital outlets – and it’s a hit! See it in Apple Music’s Featured New Albums and Featured Early Music Albums, as a Top (and Listening Tipp) release on HighResAudio.com, a top ProStudioMasters Classical release and the #1 New Opera and Vocal release on Amazon! […]
Welcome to the fourth playlist from the archives of Cappella Romana, we turn to music celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, a feast called ‘Pascha’ in Greek and Slavonic. As a way of offering you my own seasonal greetings, I am concluding this week’s list with a choral setting of this hymn […]
[…] Boyer and John El Massih join the Ancient Faith Radio podcast to talk about the debut PRÓTO release, Sun of Justice! Listen and subscribe at AncientFaith.com http://audio.ancientfaith.com/interviews/afp_2017 -12–06.mp3 Order Now Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early […]
[…] of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks on 29 May 1453, inspiring the two poignant laments sung here that give Greek and Latin perspectives on the end of a 1,000 -year–old empire. This recording features Cappella Romana’s most in–demand program, of Byzantine Chant and Polyphony c. 1453 and motets by Guillaume Dufay Directed by Alexander Lingas.
[…] featuring music taken not only from Cappella Romana’s commercially released CDs, but also from our archive of live recordings. This, my first playlist, features selections from two services of the Byzantine tradition of worship for the penitential season of Great Lent. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, we will soon be […]
Thanks to all of you who pre–ordered and purchased during the first week of the release, Good Friday In Jerusalem debuted at #8 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Chart! Purchase Direct from Cappella Romana Amazon.com Amazon UK iTunes ArkivMusic Stream billboard2
[…] ‘Venice in the North’ – Live recording (Seattle, 2017) Further Reading The tracks by Steinberg, Zes, and Romanos are discussed at greater length in my essays for the booklets accompanying the following Cappella Romana recordings: Maximillian Steinberg: Passion Week (CR414 -CD), Tikey Zes: Choral Works (Gagliano CD 501, 1999); and Good Friday in Jerusalem (CR413–CD).
[…] years ago this month, my friend Dr. Harold Sabbagh and I had initial conversations about a spark of an idea. He was infectiously enthusiastic about CERN’s then -recent confirmation of the existence of the Higgs boson. He then asked me, “How can we produce a unique musical and artistic work of art that both […]
The New York Times has a new article featuring our Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Re -Imagined project and Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording! See the article, filled with interviews with our project partners from Stanford and our own Alexander Lingas on NYTimes.com: “The Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia,” an album that brings […]
“The harmonies are lush and dark in Russian style, though periodically the shadows disperse as in a cloud -break and the sound brightens. The effect over the whole hymn is of a slow revelation of light and warmth over an ancient musical ground.” (Willamette Week) “Something new, substantial, and profound” (Sunday Oregonian) Standing Room Only […]
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