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  • Hymns of Kassianí Gets Highest Rating from ConcertoNet

    Hymns of Kassianí Gets Highest Rating from ConcertoNet

    Critic Linda Holt gives ConcertoNet‘s highest rating (4 Stars) to our new Hymns of Kassianí recording! “Cappella Romana… is transforming the dry, brittle pages of ancient Byzantine scores into living musical lyricism with a broad international appeal. … Their latest album provides a stunning entrée to the work of Kassianí, an Orthodox woman, monastic and…

  • Four Stars from ConcertoNet for Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

    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,…

  • 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…