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Fanfare Reviews “A Time for Life”
Fanfare Magazine has a new review for our Robert Kyr: A Time for Life release: “This is my first exposure to the music of Robert Kyr (born 1952). I hope it not to be my last. The idea of a pan-religious frame of reference to address man’s ecological concerns is an attractive one, and it
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Letter from Mark Powell, Executive Director
Introduction to Cappella Romana’s 30th Anniversary Season Dear Friends and Supporters, In late winter we usually are ready to share our next season with you, but given how this year has proceeded, we decided to wait until now to make any announcement. Over the last year, we have not lain dormant. Cappella Romana’s recording label
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InfoDad review for Hymns of Kassianí
Family-focused review site, InfoDad, reviews our Hymns of Kassianí as a “revelatory” release: “The excellent and expressive voices of Cappella Romana are ideally suited to introduce the music of Kassianí to a wider audience, which is just what they do in a new recording on the ensemble’s own label. Under the sensitive and knowing direction
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Robert Hugill Gives Four Stars to Hymns of Kassianí
Robert Hugill gives a Four-Star Review to Hymns of Kassianí on his Planet Hugill blog: “much of the music on this disc is expansive, you need time to sit and allow the chant to expand and fill your consciousness. The music moves between the solid chant to more florid, flowing sections, the result is imaginative
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First Reviews for Hymns of Kassianí!
Cappella Romana’s new recording, Hymns of Kassianí comes out the 16th April, and reviewers are already excited: “Cappella Romana are specialists in Byzantine chant, and this album is a stunner. The release is an SACD hybrid multichannel recording. If possible, opt for the physical disc rather than the digital download for this one. The release
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AllMusic Reviews Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
James Manheim gives 4.5 stars to Cappella Romana’s Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording on AllMusic: “This release by Cappella Romana first appeared in late 2019 but acquired new relevance and promotional energy with the Islamization of the Hagia Sophia in mid-2020: the ‘lost voices’ of the title now seem to be lost permanently, although recordings
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Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 85th Birthday
Arvo Pärt at 85 Happy birthday to one of the world’s most performed composers As we remember 9/11 today, we also note today is Arvo Pärt’s 85th Birthday. In 2017, Cappella Romana mounted the first festival in the US dedicated to the music of Arvo Pärt. Here’s an interview Alexander Lingas gave just before the
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More Praise for Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia in MusicWeb International
Mark Sealey adds his voice to the growing list of reviews of Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia on MusicWeb International: “From the first note, we hear dedication, focus, energy, a balanced and measured concentration on – as far as is possible in our noisy world – how the monks and lay staff of the Hagia
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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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Cappella Romana for Memorial Day: Elgar’s Nimrod (Lux Aeterna)
Dear friends of Cappella Romana, On this Memorial Day we offer here Cappella Romana’s performance of Edward Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ from the Enigma Variations, arranged by John Cameron. Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.Requiem aeternamdona eis, Domine,et lux perpetua luceat eis. May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord,
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