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[…] and makes me keen to hear more of this gifted choir and conductor. … Anyone interested in the music of the Orthodox church should investigate this high-quality release to discover how a composer of today is successfully building on and respecting the tradition of the past while renewing and expanding that tradition for our times.”
Sheehan set a high bar with Ukrainian War Requiem. He succeeds in drawing from various chant traditions and creating new ones by bringing an original sound to life. The work’s greatest accomplishment is its authenticity. Let there be no doubt that Sheehan’s Ukrainian War Requiem succeeds as beautiful art that teaches, inspires, and moves hearts.
The commitments of all involved in the music is palpable and moving…
The heartfelt nature of much of this music is not to be denied. The music…is very fine: sensitive to the words…effectively emotive…the expressiveness of the material speaks, or rather sings, for itself…Ukrainian War Requiem is a deeply moving work
I hear the spark of the Divine in these works, and I believe that all listeners will find their souls comforted and strengthened…gripping and moving works.
“a moving litany of rarified and heightened choral expression… perfection in…each of these beautiful works”
“This combination of repertory is practically unique among choral groups… a unique moment not only in musical history but history in general… immersion in history and scholarship sets the group apart. … ecstatic moments where you feel outside yourself is…what they do”
the warmth, depth and sincerity of the singing in Kyr’s All-Night Vigil transcend the unfamiliarity of the material. The vocal sound here is simply beautiful: there is a full hour of elegantly phrased, emotionally penetrating, deeply sincere delivery both of choral material and of individual lines against a choral background.
sonorous drones, extended sustains, deeply full choral outlays and deeply meditative sobriety and jubilation… Bravo for the vocal excellence, the great audio and the finely crafted honing of the Modern in the Archaic.
“La Rocca has forged an individual and powerful style: emotionally compressed yet often quiet, restrained and then powerfully moving…look for it to become one of La Rocca’s most performed works…”
“With abundant creativity and a deep understanding of the Orthodox tradition, Sheehan has composed another masterpiece in Vespers, once again engaging the talents of the Saint Tikhon Choir… While this is indisputably religious music in every positive sense of the term, I cannot emphasize enough that Vespers is music of transcendent quality which, like religious music from […]
The full mystic weight invades your spirit like being back in the Eastern Orthodox time. Proof of Cappella Romana’s authenticity? For me, no doubt.
