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Early Music America: Reveling in Byzantine Chant
Philippa Kiraly has published a wonderful feature including reviews and interviews with Mark Powell and Alexander Lingas in honor of our 25th Season, as well as a preview of our upcoming Hagia Sophia “Icons of Sound” recording: “Cappella Romana opened its 25th season in October in Seattle and Portland with “Icons of Sound: Byzantine Chant…
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Cappella Romana on King FM This Week!
Seattle’s Classical King FM 98.1 will feature Cappella Romana recordings this week in the lead up to our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week concert series in Seattle and Portland! Broadcast Schedule: 8:06pm — Monday, Feb 8: Sticheron (Medieval Byzantine Chant) 8:08pm — Tuesday, Feb 9: Tikey Zes: Introit of Pentecost Tune in at www.king.org Passion Week…
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Replay our AllClassical FM Performance
Alexander Lingas led singers from Cappella Romana in a performance of music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitry Bortniansky, and Maximilian Steinberg on AllClassical FM yesterday (2/4), and if you missed it, you’re in luck as you can listen on the Thursdays@Three Archive! Photos from the performance: Cappella Romana presents Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week, a collection of…
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Steinberg: Passion Week a Gramophone Recording of the Year
Gramophone Magazine released their 2015 Recordings of the Year issue and included our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording! “This important and exciting release from the Portland, Oregon-based 26-strong chamber choir is a notable successor to their ‘Good Friday in Jerusalem’ disc (5/15). … This recording closely followed what is believed to have been the premiere…
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Steinberg: Passion Week a Recording of the Year!
MusicWeb International has released their 2015 Recordings of the Year, and we’re happy to report that our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording has been named a Recording of the Year by two MusicWeb critics! “One of the big choral rediscoveries of recent years combined with a stunning performance and recording, Steinberg’s sublime and eloquently moving…
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Expedition Audio Reviews Steinberg: Passion Week!
Paul Ballyk of Expedition Audio has a rave review for our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording! “Passion Week is a profoundly moving composition. From the opening, monophonic tones, it is clear that ancient chant is central to the work’s structure – in fact, all but one of the eleven sections is based directly on a…
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Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week LP Available Now!
Now Available on Deluxe Limited-Edition 180-gram Vinyl LP Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week The long-awaited vinyl LP format of Passion Week by Maximilian Steinberg is now available for purchase! Limited edition format with embossed, gatefold display packaging and exclusive behind-the-scenes photography. Includes a code for digital download of Steinberg’s Passion Week PLUS motets by Rimsky-Korsakov. Includes:…
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Gramophone Magazine Names Steinberg: Passion Week An Editor’s Choice!
Gramophone Magazine names our new Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording an August Editor’s Choice! “This important and exciting release from the Portland, Oregon-based 26-strong chamber choir is a notable successor to their ‘Good Friday in Jerusalem’ disc (5/15). … This recording closely followed what is believed to have been the premiere complete performance by these…
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Now Playing on YouTube — Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week
Listen to our new Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording on YouTube! Buy The CD & The VINYL Today! Guarantee Tickets to Next Season’s Passion Week Performance: Seattle Subscription Portland Subscription All 2015-2016 Series Concerts: Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil — September 11-12-13, 2015 Cyprus: Greek East & Latin West — November 13-14-15, 2015 Epiphany: Medieval Byzantine &…
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Planet Hugill Reviews Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week
Robert Hugill has a new review for our “Remarkable re-discovery” of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week: “Musically it is very much in the same genre as Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil (Vespers), the chant in Steinberg’s work has similar recognisable outlines. Steinberg’s harmony is more classical…and the chants stand out more in Steinberg. …Quite romantic in texture,…
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New MusicWeb Review for Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week
After John Quinn named Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week an April “Recording of the Month”, another MusicWeb International critic has been listening to our world premiere recording: “It is hard to imagine the turmoil surrounding conflict and persecution between the Communist state and the Church in this period, and even more so on hearing this tender…
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Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week in The New York Times
New York Times critic James R. Oestreich shared that he’d been listening to our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording in the ArtsBeat “Classical Playlist”: “‘Passion Week’…is on a scale with the great sacred works of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, though in a slightly more advanced idiom, and is quite simply beautiful.” —James R. Oestreich, The New…
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