[…] Classical Billboard® Charts! Congratulations to the GRAMMY®-nominated Rowan Benedict Sheehan & The Saint Tikhon Choir! Benedict Sheehan conducting the Saint Tikhon Choir in background with billboard logo at top and the Benedict Sheehan Vespers album art in the center on top of the choir. A screenshot of the Billboard Chart listing is on top of the […]
[…] years ago this month, my friend Dr. Harold Sabbagh and I had initial conversations about a spark of an idea. He was infectiously enthusiastic about CERN’s then -recent confirmation of the existence of the Higgs boson. He then asked me, “How can we produce a unique musical and artistic work of art that both […]
[…] to ingenious use of technology their performances have been ‘placed’ in the virtual acoustics of the vast Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The music is astonishing, the performances are superb and the sound is demonstration quality. This is a formidable achievement.” —John Quinn See his original review here Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: Medieval Byzantine Chant
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 […]
Cappella Romana are specialists in Byzantine chant, and this album is a stunner. … Hearing this recording in surround made me feel like I was standing in the Hagia when these hymns were new. I am so looking forward to the next installment.”
The music’s warmth and, above all, its assurance that what the performers sing is true is remarkable. … as an experience, the Blu–ray service is unforgettable. This could constitute a rare entry of religious music into my Wants List
[…] has a fantastic feature and review of our recent World Premiere performance of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week in Classical Voice North America: “Sometimes it sounded stern or foreboding, sober or somber, at other times brighter and joyful, or hypnotic, peaceful, and uplifting, or solemn and reverential, even exalted in Great Saturday’s canon. It’s a […]
Sam Harnett spoke with NPR’s Scott Simon this Saturday (February 22, 2020) about our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia project and recording on NPR’s Weekend Edition! Listen on-demand now: Amazon Apple Music Spotify YouTube Music Qobuz Primephonic ArkivMusic Cappella Romana Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: Medieval Byzantine Chant
[…] filie Syon’ (Venice in the East) Emperor Leo VI ‘the Wise’ (866–911), ‘When She Saw You Hanging on the Cross’, from Good Friday in Jerusalem Nikolai Rimsky -Korsakov (1844–1908), ‘Do not Weep for Me, Mother’ Donate Now Further Reading I. The Gospel Story of the Sinful Woman as Set to Music by Kassía and […]
Buy Now 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 […]
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
Listening to this CD especially during this Holy Week (2015) has brought it all back and the helpful diagram of the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in the booklet reminds me of the astounding church which dominates the area.
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