Cappella Romana
The vocal group Cappella Romana has become identified with its specialty in Eastern Orthodox vocal traditions, both Byzantine and Slavic. The group has also commissioned virtuoso vocal music from several contemporary composers.
Cappella Romana was formed in 1991 in Portland, Oregon, and continues to be based there. Its conductor is Alexander Lingas, a researcher from City University, London, in the U.K., specializing in Byzantine music. The name Cappella Romana refers not simply to the city of Rome but to the Greek concept of the ecumene, the inhabited world centered on Rome. The ecumene included not only western European Roman lands but also the Byzantine Empire and the Slavic realm of the Orthodox church. Cappella Romana has emphasized mastery of the original languages of music from the Eastern Orthodox world, including Koine Greek and Old Church Slavonic, but has also released the album Lay Aside All Earthly Cares: Orthodox Choral Works in English. The choir collaborates in multimedia presentations with museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Some of these collaborations have resulted in recordings that appeared on the group's own label, as well as on Gothic Records, Gagliano, and other small labels.
Cappella Romana has hosted numerous guest artists from both the Orthodox and the Western worlds, including conductor Paul Hillier. In addition to performing music of ancient traditions, it has commissioned new works from such composers as Ioannis Arvanitis, Stelios Kontakiotis, and Vladimir Morosan; its 2002 performance of Ivan Moody's Passion and Resurrection was critically acclaimed. Cappella Romana's catalog comprises some 25 albums in all. The group spent some years researching the acoustics of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, a massive Orthodox cathedral that became a mosque under the Ottoman Empire and then a museum from 1935 until it was converted back to Islamic administration by Turkey in 2020. Those efforts resulted in the 2019 recording Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia, made in the U.S. using a digital re-creation of the Hagia Sophia space. Cappella Romana remained active through the COVID-19 pandemic despite the problems associated with choirs. The group released five albums in the early and middle 2020s, including a pair in 2023, A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry's Court, and Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance.
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Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 13 oct. 2023
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A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry's Court
Variété internationale - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 20 janv. 2023
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas
Variété internationale - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 29 nov. 2019
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Ivan Moody: The Akáthistos Hymn
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas, John Vergin
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 8 avr. 2003
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Good Friday in Jerusalem
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 10 févr. 2015
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The Fall of Constantinople
Classique - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 10 oct. 2006
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Angelic Light: Music from Eastern Cathedrals
Classique - Paru chez Valley Entertainment le 27 mars 2012
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia (Medieval Byzantine Chant)
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas
Variété internationale - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 29 nov. 2019
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Voices of Byzantium: Medieval Byzantine Chant from Mt. Sinai
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas, John Michael Boyer, Stelios Kontakiotis, Constantine Kokenes, Mark Powell
Classique - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 2 oct. 2020
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Robert Kyr: All-Night Vigil
Classique - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 11 nov. 2022
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Heaven and Earth
Cappella Romana, John Michael Boyer, 45th Parallel Universe
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 14 oct. 2022
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Lay Aside All Earthly Cares: Orthodox Choral Works in English
Cappella Romana, Vladimir Morosan, Unknown Artist, Sergei Glagolev
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 13 sept. 2005
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Choral Settings of Kassiani
Cappella Romana, Patricia Rozario, Ann Manly, Alexander Lingas, English Chamber Choir, Guy Protheroe
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Naxos le 5 juil. 2011
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Toensing: Kontakion for the Nativity of Christ
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 11 nov. 2008
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The Divine Liturgy in English in Byzantine Chant
Variété internationale - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 16 sept. 2008
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Arctic Light: Finnish Orthodox Music
Classique - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 11 févr. 2014
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Gothic Pipes
Kimberly Marshall, Cappella Romana
Classique - Paru chez Loft le 23 mars 2004
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When Augustus Reigned: Christmas Music from the Byzantine Tradition
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas, Unknown Artist
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 1 janv. 2000
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Music of Byzantium (Live)
Cappella Romana, John Michael Boyer, Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas, Adam Steele, Mark Powell
Classique - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 1 juin 2004
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Epiphany: Medieval Byzantine Chant
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas, Ioannis Arvanitis
Classique - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 4 janv. 2005
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Peter Michaelides: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
George A. Gray III, Mark Powell, Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas
Classique - Paru chez Cappella Romana le 19 janv. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo