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Hymns of Kassianí Debuts in the Billboard Top 10!
News | Apr. 27
Thank you to all who pre-ordered, purchased, downloaded, and listened to Cappella Romana‘s Hymns of Kassianí recording — it made its Traditional Classical Albums Billboard Chart Debut today at #10!
Big Release Day for Hymns of Kassianí
News | Apr. 16
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!
Benedict Sheehan an American Prize Semi-Finalist
News | Feb. 8
The American Prize announced its 2021 Semi-finalists for its choral composition prize, and Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom made the list! About The American Prize: The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit national competitions in the performing arts providing cash awards, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the… Continue reading Benedict Sheehan an American Prize Semi-Finalist
Fanfare Magazine Interviews Benedict Sheehan
News | Feb. 8
Fanfare Magazine’s James A. Altena has a new must-read interview with Benedict Sheehan after the release of his Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom recording with the St. Tikhon Choir on Cappella Records: Benedict Sheehan is the artistic director of the Saint Tikhon Choir, at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Monastery in South Canaan, PA (in the far northeast corner… Continue reading Fanfare Magazine Interviews Benedict Sheehan
Cappella Records is a 2020 Billboard Top Label of the Year
News | Dec. 9
Cappella Records is thrilled to share that Billboard® has released its 2020 Year-End Charts and Cappella Romana’s Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia was the #2 Traditional Classical Album of the Year and Cappella Records was the #3 Traditional Classical Label of the Year! We were also thrilled to mark Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia’s 40th… Continue reading Cappella Records is a 2020 Billboard Top Label of the Year
Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia Named a 2020 Recording of the Year
News | Dec. 2
MusicWeb International‘s John Quinn names Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia one of his 2020 Recordings of the Year! “This is a recording unlike any other I’ve heard. Cappella Romana sing aprogramme of Medieval Byzantine Chant. Thanks to ingenious use of technology their performances have been ‘placed’ in the virtual acoustics of the vast Hagia Sophia… Continue reading Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia Named a 2020 Recording of the Year
Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia Featured in The New York Times
News | Jul. 30
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 to life… Continue reading Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia Featured in The New York Times
In Le Monde: Hagia Sophia: The Great Amplifier
News | Jul. 27
Ece Temelkuran, Journaliste et essayiste: « Avec la transformation de la basilique Sainte-Sophie, Erdogan achève de créer une Turquie à sa main » La basilique « a toujours été la diversion politique favorite » du président turc, relève, dans une tribune au « Monde », la journaliste exilée. Il détourne ainsi l’attention des problèmes majeurs… Continue reading In Le Monde: Hagia Sophia: The Great Amplifier
Bissera Pentcheva Interview on Hagia Sophia in Kathimerini
News | Jul. 14
Greek news outlet Kathimerini has published a new interview with Stanford University’s Bissera Pencheva who has worked with Cappella Romana as part of our Hagia Sophia project and recording. Read the interview in the original Greek at Kathimerini.gr and see the translation below: What distinguishes Hagia Sofia from other churches and monuments of the Christian… Continue reading Bissera Pentcheva Interview on Hagia Sophia in Kathimerini
Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: More Relevant Than Ever
News | Jul. 13
This week media outlets across the world thrust Hagia Sophia into the limelight, reporting the action by current authorities to clear the way for the UNESCO World Heritage Site to be changed from a museum to a mosque. Cappella Romana’s Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia is more relevant than ever: to shine a light on Hagia… Continue reading Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: More Relevant Than Ever
Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia at Bing Hall – Livestream
News | Apr. 28
Now by livestream — Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined! Cappella Romana livestreams Part 1 of the triumphant November 2016 performance at Stanford University’s Bing Hall. This was the first time in the world that a full concert had been produced with the digital auralization of the acoustics of Hagia Sophia. For this concert, consider… Continue reading Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia at Bing Hall – Livestream
Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Music for Easter Sunday
News | Apr. 23
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 that… Continue reading Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Music for Easter Sunday
