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Five Stars for Hymns of Kassianí
HRAudio.net gives Hymns of Kassianí a five-star rating in both performance and sonics! “The importance of this new release is to allow us to go back in time to discover more about the origins of sacred choral music, and – perhaps a revelation for uninitiated – that Hildegard von Bingen wasn’t the first female composer.…
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MusicWeb International Recommends Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
MusicWeb International critic John Quinn gives the Recommended distinction to St. Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: “Sheehan’s music is very beautiful and inventive. … Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom is best heard as an uninterrupted sequence; such listening does full justice to his conception. However, if I were asked to…
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St. Tikhon Choir Gives a “Stunning Debut”
Cinemusical gives stars across the board to the Saint Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom on Cappella Records: “The work is a blend of liturgical components (litanies, various antiphons and hymns, an “Our Father”, communion, blessing) and psalm settings (Sheehan adapted Psalms 145 and 148). There are references to ancient…
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Four Stars from ConcertoNet for Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
ConcertoNet‘s Linda Holt gives Four Stars to the Saint Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom on Cappella Records: “a recording which succeeds fully as a musical work, albeit one that follows strict compositional and theological guidelines. Despite the heaviness of its intention, I found this work surprisingly elegant and light,…
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Benedict Sheehan Brings the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom to Life
“While listening, I closed my eyes and just let the voices of the Saint Tikhon Choir bring the liturgy alive in music. … In all honesty, the voices of the choir performing Sheehan’s setting gave me chills. This is an album I’ll be listening to often. I highly recommend this album to those who enjoy…
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Blu-Ray Review of Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy
Blu-Ray.com reviews Cappella Records’ new release of the Saint Tikhon Choir and Benedict Sheehan‘s recording, Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: “Sheehan’s approach certainly harkens back to longstanding choral traditions in Russia and environs, and as such, there’s often a dark, almost foreboding, ambience to some of the massed lower sonorities he exploits. … If…
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia is a Recommended Recording on MusicWeb International
MusicWeb International critic John Quinn has made Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia one of his Recommended Recordings! “The music itself is astonishing. … I was struck at once by the wonderful overlapping sonorities of the choir. There’s a real depth and richness to the choral sound and here, as elsewhere, the fabulously deep and resonant…
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Bissera Pentcheva Interview on Hagia Sophia in Kathimerini
Greek news outlet Kathimerini has published a new interview with Stanford University’s Bissera Pencheva who has worked with Cappella Romana as part of our Hagia Sophia project and recording. Read the interview in the original Greek at Kathimerini.gr and see the translation below: What distinguishes Hagia Sofia from other churches and monuments of the Christian…
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Concerto Net Review for Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
ConcertoNet’s Christie Grimstad reviews Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia “listening to this ravishing music is an enrichment unlike any other. … It’s easily mesmerizing. Flowing like liquid gold in a randomized, though organized fashion, the chanting literally “washes” over the listener: it shimmers, it stuns, it absorbs the body. Look at it like oceanic swells…no two…
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