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#2 Billboard Chart Debut for Frank La Rocca: Requiem for the Forgotten; Messe des Malades
News | Mar. 27
Congratulataions to the Benedict XVI Choir and Orchestra and director Richard Sparks! Their recording, Frank La Rocca: Requiem for the Forgotten; Messe des Malades debuted this week (Week of March 30, 2024) at #2 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Charts! Requiem for the Forgotten commemorates the displaced and the homeless, constructing a musical sanctuary for the… Continue reading #2 Billboard Chart Debut for Frank La Rocca: Requiem for the Forgotten; Messe des Malades
Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance Makes Billboard Chart Debut
News | Oct. 31
Cappella Records is excited to share the #7 Debut of our Arvo Part: Odes of Repentance album on the Traditional Classical Billboard® Charts! Congratulations to Cappella Romana and Alexander Lingas! 12 spellbinding tracks which give voice to the human yearning to be cleansed… the stars, the galaxies, all the wonders of a distant universe seem to… Continue reading Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance Makes Billboard Chart Debut
Announcing Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance
News | Sep. 19
On October 13, Cappella Records is proud to present its 31st release: ARVO PÄRT: ODES OF REPENTANCE, performed by Cappella Romana and led by founder and music director Alexander Lingas, Ph.D. Cappella Romana has prioritized Arvo Pärt’s music for over thirty years. It gave the first US performance of Pärt’s Passio by a US ensemble in 1993 directed… Continue reading Announcing Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance
48-hour Summer Physical Disc Sale
News | Jun. 13
We imagine that you, like all of us, are looking for ways to take your mind off of the worry and the stress of the times. Starting today, June 13–June 15, you can save 50% on our entire catalog of physical recordings (CDs, SACDs, and Blu-Ray Discs). You won’t experience this depth through streaming alone… Continue reading 48-hour Summer Physical Disc Sale
Cappella Records Highlighted in The Wall Street Journal
News | Apr. 21
Producer Blanton Alspaugh has published a wonderful op-ed in The Wall Street Journal about the explosion of interest in sacred music. Cappella Records has been thrilled to work with Blanton Alspaugh and his SoundMirror engineering team on many of our most recent recordings, and we are honored to have them featured in such a wonderful… Continue reading Cappella Records Highlighted in The Wall Street Journal
San Francisco Classical Voice Features A Byzantine Emperor
News | Feb. 16
Emily Wilson interviews Alexander Lingas, Mark Powell, Kerry McCarthy, and more in a wonderful new feature on A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court on San Francisco Classical Voice! Some 20 years ago when reading a biography of Manuel II Palaiologos, Alexander Lingas learned about the Byzantine emperor’s trip to the court of King Henry IV looking… Continue reading San Francisco Classical Voice Features A Byzantine Emperor
A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court Debuts at #2 in Billboard Charts
News | Jan. 31
Cappella Records is excited to share the #2 Debut of our A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court album on the Traditional Classical Billboard® Charts! Congratulations to Cappella Romana and Alexander Lingas!
Announcing A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court
News | Jan. 3
On January 20, Cappella Records is proud to present its 30th release: A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court: Christmas 1400, London, performed by Cappella Romana and led by founder and music director Alexander Lingas. In support of the release, the ensemble will perform the program as part of its Northwest concert series in Seattle and Portland, January 20-22… Continue reading Announcing A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court
Mass of the Americas is a 2022 Top 10 Billboard Album!
News | Dec. 2
The Billboard Year-End Charts have been released and Cappella Records is thrilled to share that the Benedict XVI Choir & Orchestra’s recording of Frank La Rocca: Mass of the Americas has come in at #10 for 2022 on the Traditional Classical Albums chart! Thank you to everyone who purchased and shared this wonderful recording, we… Continue reading Mass of the Americas is a 2022 Top 10 Billboard Album!
Presto Music Interviews Frank La Rocca and Richard Sparks about the Mass of the Americas
News | Dec. 2
Don’t miss a new interview on Presto Music with Mass of the Americas composer Frank La Rocca and Benedict XVI conductor Richard Sparks: “A recent and in many ways innovative addition to this body of music comes from the USA, from the pen of Frank La Rocca – a Mass composed with the aim of… Continue reading Presto Music Interviews Frank La Rocca and Richard Sparks about the Mass of the Americas
Robert Kyr Discusses His All-Night Vigil
News | Nov. 7
Cappella Romana’s Richard Barrett interviewed composer Robert Kyr about his new “All-Night Vigil” which Cappella Romana will premiere on November 11–13 in Seattle and Portland: All-Night Vigil Recording Release! Cappella Records is pleased to announce the November 11, 2022 release of the ALL-NIGHT VIGIL by award-winning American composer ROBERT KYR. Performed by Cappella Romana and directed by its founder and music… Continue reading Robert Kyr Discusses His All-Night Vigil
Announcing Robert Kyr: All-Night Vigil
News | Oct. 27
Cappella Records is pleased to announce the November 11, 2022 release of the ALL-NIGHT VIGIL by award-winning American composer ROBERT KYR. Performed by Cappella Romana and directed by its founder and music director Alexander Lingas, this is Cappella Romana’s 29th recording release. Robert Kyr’s All-Night Vigil takes its formal inspiration from Sergei Rachmaninoff, who in 1915 set the same 15… Continue reading Announcing Robert Kyr: All-Night Vigil
