This new Cappella Romana offering should be a welcome addition for collectors who, like me, thrill to lossless audio, especially when it’s of such evocative music with such a stunning sonic “backdrop”. This is a stellar release all around, and Cappella Romana: Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia comes Highly recommended
Since forming in 2015, the Houston -based conduc– torless ensemble KINETIC has been gaining in– creasing momentum as an innovative and dynamic force in the classical music scene, and an important advocate for rarely–performed music in the clas– sical repertoire. The ensemble has been described as “Houston’s Indie, Conductorless Orchestra” that has “found its niche in […]
FOR A LIMITED TIME: Order the physical Super Audio CD (with full booklet) and receive a link for a free download of the whole album. Cappella Records is proud to present the world première recording of DANIEL KNAGGS’ TWO STREAMS, performed by the GRAMMY® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir led by Robert Simpson, with […]
Cappella Romana’s presents its two -CD release of the Divine Liturgy in English set to Byzantine Chant. A male ensemble led by Alexander Lingas chants the service’s hymns, psalms, and responses in a resonant natural acoustic according to the most authoritative Byzantine traditions, including works adapted from Petros Peloponnesios ( 1778), Nileus Kamarados ( […]
[…] Berkeley (MA, PhD), where he earned his doctorate “with distinction,” the first time such an honor was conferred on a music composition graduate at Berkeley. His 36 -year teaching career included positions at the University of California campuses at Berkeley and Santa Cruz, and at the California State University, East Bay (Hayward), where he […]
[…] the University of Oxford (1983). After several months in silent retreat on Mt Athos, he served as Personal Assistant to the Greek Orthodox Primate in Australia (1984 -94) and was co–founder of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney (1985), where he was Sub–Dean and taught Patristics and Church History (1986–95). He was also Lecturer […]
[…] younger colleagues. He was chair of his department from 1984–2001, and was named professor emeritus upon retirement. Toensing’s compositions span a variety of styles, from the gestural, free atonal work of the 1960s and 1970s to a renewed interest in various forms of diatonic music in more recent years. He has written numerous works […]
Described as “an up –and-coming conductor” (The Oregonian), “a rising star in the choral world” (Catholic Sentinel), and as having “set the bar for Orthodox liturgical music in the English–speaking world” (Orthodox Arts Journal), composer and conductor Benedict Sheehan is Director of Music at St. Tikhon’s Seminary and Monastery in Pennsylvania, Artistic Director of […]
[…] the first vocal album in the world to be recorded entirely in live virtual acoustics. It brings together art history, music history, performance, and technology to re -create medieval sacred sound in the cathedral of Hagia Sophia as an aural virtual reality. With a stunning reverberation time of over 11 seconds, the acoustics of […]
This profoundly moving and powerful music bears witness to how ancient Greek and Latin liturgical traditions were richly embellished during the Renaissance on the islands of Crete and Cyprus, all within the shared cultural space of Venetian rule. First performed by Cappella Romana at the Early Music Festival in Utrecht (Netherlands).
this album provides a new tool not only for self-examination but for indulgence in the rich sensual heritage of Byzantine singing. Kassianí’s songs demand to be heard, and we are enriched by listening to them, especially in this authentic and deeply expressive collection.
[…] proud to present the release of Hymns of Kassianí performed by Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas, music director. Discover the world’s earliest music by a female composer: 9th -century nun, poet, and hymnographer Kassianí (Kassía). The same men and women of Cappella Romana who brought you the Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia bestseller (44 weeks […]
