Reviews

A Time for Life by Robert Kyr

MusicWeb International

There can be no questioning Kyr’s skill as a composer. Just listen to the first five minutes, as singers enter one-by-one — there are only eight — to the accompaniment of a single solitary cello… Speaking of the choir, the Cappella Romana here demonstrates why it has a devoted fan-base in the Pacific Northwest and, via records, across the globe. There is not a weak link or uninteresting voice among these eight singers
A Time for Life by Robert Kyr

Oregon ArtsWatch

For music to come across like this, composers and performers need each other, and Cappella Romana’s performance was masterly. Balance and blend were top-notch at all times.
Divine Liturgy: Tikey Zes

Classical Net

this new look at The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is nothing short of ravishing. … We are very fortunate to have a choir like Cappella Romana to share this with us; the world is a better place as a result.
A Time for Life by Robert Kyr

Classical Net

great religious music, really great religious music, touches us all through beauty, musical thought, and sincerity of purpose. Therefore, this project is not only a major statement of ecumenical ideals, but also a major musical statement.
Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week

The Wall Street Journal

lush, occasionally delicate, graced by intermittent dissonances and touches of counterpoint. … Like Steinberg's 'Passion Week' and the other neglected music it's resurrected, Cappella Romana continues its ascent
Mt Sinai Frontier of Byzantium

Toronto Early Music News

A Time for Life by Robert Kyr

Fanfare

The florid music of this 2007 piece is often magical in its effect … There is no doubt that Kyr writes from the heart. His concerns are of concern to us all. A blessedly poignant, timely disc, beautifully produced
Arctic Light: Finnish Orthodox Music

Fanfare Magazine

The performances are polished and technically secure. … Recommended to anyone
Divine Liturgy: Tikey Zes

Audiophile Audition

there is no doubt that Zes’s music is significant, historical, and important in the larger scheme of things, and represents a segment of the contemporary Byzantine music scene that is large enough and supported enough such that it cannot be ignored. Performances are superb, and this is a first class production
Mt Sinai Frontier of Byzantium

Fanfare

The choir of eight men sings with deep-throated conviction and a solemnity that preserves the forward motion of the works.
Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California

Fanfare

This time, a mixed choir of 10 voices performs this varied program with such subtlety, tonal beauty, and concentration that the American choir must have been keenly aware of the audience that they were singing for.
A Time for Life by Robert Kyr

Leitourgeia kai Qurbana

It is nice to see Cappella championing repertoire like this; it demonstrates an impressive artistic vision. Happily, the performance on the disc demonstrates a very real breadth of ability that is equal to that vision
Mt Sinai Frontier of Byzantium

Early Music America

The music speaks to a higher self: its target is the divine and focuses on the soul in direct union with God. One of its hallmarks is the luxurious usage of time.
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Early Music America

The singing is exquisite--clear, often haunting, with superb blend and breath…