Tag: Hymns of Kassiani

  • Choir and Organ Five Star Review for Hymns of Kassianí

    Choir and Organ Five Star Review for Hymns of Kassianí

    The October 2021 issue of Choir & Organ magazine features a five-star review of Cappella Romana’s Hymns of Kassianí recording: “There’s surely no group more qualified to release the music of the earliest known female composer – a ninth-century Byzantine religious phenomenon. … Her work, now risinga bove earlier censorship and misogynist misattribution, is here…

  • American Record Guide Reviews Hymns of Kassianí

    American Record Guide Reviews Hymns of Kassianí

    The July/August 2021 issue of American Record Guide features a review of Cappella Romana’s new Hymns of Kassianí recording: “This is a recording I have long awaited. While the name of the Orthodox nun Kassia (or Kassiani, c.810-c.895) has slowly entered scholarly studies of music in the Middle Ages, her reputation has suffered from the…