Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: Medieval Byzantine Chant

Choir and Organ Review

Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: Medieval Byzantine Chant

an extraordinary feat… impeccably researched and unimpeachably convincing. … No chant enthusiast should be without it.

“Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia from Cappella Romana, directed by Alexander Lingas, is an extraordinary feat – the first vocal album ever to be recorded in live virtual acoustics. … Stunningly convincing sounds emerge as these accomplished experts in medieval Byzantine chant flow seamlessly through eastern inflections with marmoreal vocal qualities in material impeccably researched and unimpeachably convincing. … They claim that this will ‘transport you back in time’ – a clichéd boast which for once is under-inflated. No chant enthusiast should be without it.”

–Rebecca Tavener