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one of our finest choirs specializing in the music of Christianity’s Eastern branch… The writing conveys both darkness and light with enough spiritual oomph to keep an audience on its metaphysical toes… superb
Cappella Records is pleased to announce the October 14, 2022, two-disc release of Heaven and Earth, with Cappella Romana’s Associate Music Director John Michael Boyer leading the ensemble along with 45th Parallel Universe in John Tavener’s masterpiece for choir and string trio, Ikon of Light. Buy Now The release also features the world premiere of Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation, a […]
[…] performances quite revelatory. … The accompanying booklet provides an excellent overview of the music here and the process used to recreate the sound of this ancient building within the concert hall at Stanford. There is also an accompanying BluRay which features a 23-minute documentary about the unique sonic qualities of the building. Certainly an […]
The music is rather striking with pedal points that provide a base line against the chant lines that stay mostly syllabic with little melismas for extra emphasis. Listeners more familiar with Gregorian Chant will also notice a decidedly different modal quality with the unique lines turning in unique ways that have closer parallels in […]
The purity and clarity of the women’s voices are outstanding throughout…it is an offering of insight into the beauty and cultural depth of one aspect of Ukrainian life…that may be largely unfamiliar to listeners but that is filled with its own plenteous portion of beauty, charm and solemnity.
Messe des Malades is gently expressive and uplifting…and the massed choral portions have a sincerity and warmth that give the words a sense of timelessness in keeping with their original intent…
[…] that the Cappella Romana presentation of Pärt’s Odes of Repentance seems an ideal merger of composer and performers borders on cliché – which does not make the assertion any less true.… the music is drawn from a variety of Pärt’s creations, yet hangs together seamlessly through the beauty and evident sincerity with which Cappella Romana presents it.
[…] force for choirs and a highly impressive piece of liturgical writing… Kyr sets English versions of exactly the same 15 selections chosen by Rachmaninoff, treating everything respectfully and with deep sincerity – and creating settings that fully explore the gorgeous sounds of which Cappella Romana is consistently capable.… the warmth, depth and sincerity of the […]
