Their unanimity of attack and fastidious approach to dynamic contrasts are just two hallmarks of an outstanding achievement. Hats off, too, to Preston Smith and Steve Barnett for their superb engineering and production. …the finest advocacy from these fine musicians. This is definitely a disc to savour
[…] of Cappella Romana is superb from start to finish – the choir comprises 14 voices but often they make a huge sound, albeit without any suggestion of forcing the tone. The demonstration-class recorded sound enhances their performances greatly. I can honestly say I’ve never experienced a disc like this but it’s a real ear-opener […]
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Watch the new Passion Week Video to hear a track from the new album and see photos from the recording sessions! Order NOW! Buy The CD & The VINYL Today! Amazon.com iTunes
Our new Venice in the East: Renaissance Crete and Cyprus recording has debuted at #10 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart! Thank you to all of you who pre-ordered, purchased, streamed, and shared this recording! Get it Today! Amazon Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify YouTube Music Cappella Romana
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
Billboard Magazine announced today that the #1 Traditional Classical Album for the week of March 7, 2020 was our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording! Thank you to everyone who has purchased, downloaded, or streamed this important project! And if you haven’t listened to the NPR Weekend Edition broadcast about the album, listen here. […]
[…] Cappella Romana’s performance by the Icons of Sound team at Stanford University (iconsofsound.stanford.edu). Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia presents more than 75 minutes of medieval Byzantine chant for the Feast of the Holy Cross in Constantinople, one of the greatest celebrations in the yearly cycle of worship at Hagia Sophia. This deluxe package (CD […]
[…] by founder and music director Alexander Lingas. Cappella Romana brings to life the music of Arvo Pärt as you’ve never heard it before, presenting the composer’s Orthodox choral works for the first time as an Orthodox Service of Supplication. Built around the singing of a Byzantine poem called a kanon, on this occasion it features three […]
[…] collection of medieval Byzantine chant from the Abbey of Grottaferrata, located in the suburban hills of Rome. Led by virtuoso cantor Ioannis Arvanitis, Cappella Romana recaptures the artistic vibrancy of medieval Italy’s Greek minority with ecstatic 13th-century chants for St. Benedict, the monastery’s founders St. Bartholomew and St. Nilos, and for the feast of Pentecost.
Litany of Peace The Three Antiphons The Small Entrance Trisagion Alleluiarion and Gospel The Cherubic Hymn The Litany of Precious Gifts The Holy Oblation Megalynarion Conclusion of the Holy Oblation Litany of the Lord’s Prayer Communion Verse for Sunday The Communion of the Laity Post-Communion and Dismissal Prayer Behind the Ambo and Final Dismissal
[…] 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 unique collaborative setting […]
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