Live in Greece - 17 selections of Byzantine chant / Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas: director

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Album Summary

Performers

• Cappella Romana
• Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• J.M. Boyer (Cantor)
• S. Antonopoulos (Cantor)

Conductor

• Lingas, Alexander

Ensemble

• Cappella Romana

Composers

• Andreas Stellon (Composer)
• Parthenios Sgoutas
• Peter Michaelides (1930 - )
• Michalis Adamis (1929 - )
• Angelos Gregoriou
• John Plousiadenos (died 1500)
• Frank Desby (1922 - 1992)
• Tikey Zes (1927 - )
• Manuel Gazes
• Franghiskos Leontaritis
• Theodore Bogdanos (Composer)
• Steven Cardiasmenos (Composer)

Notes & Reviews:

Ancient Byzantine chants begin this 1,000-year journey from Constantinople to California, followed by musical encounters with Crusaders and Venetians, including Greek and Latin polyphony from Renaissance Crete. East meets West again at St. Sophia Cathedral in Los Angeles, where Frank Desby founded a tradition of Greek-American choral music with his Californian colleagues. The tour comes full circle with the mystical ecstasy of Radiant Cloud, a sonic icon of the Transfiguration by Athenian composer Michael Adamis.

Los Angeles Times
Sung gorgeously ... like jeweled light flooding the space.

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
As in all their earlier releases, both the traditional and contemporary works are sung by Capella Romana with great subtlety. Particularly interesting are John Plousiadenos's kontakion for St Thomas Aquinas, a musical document of the contacts between Byzantine musicians and the west following the fall of Byzantium in 1453. Also unusual is Leontaritis's motet, 'Ad Dominum cum tribularer', which could be by Palestrina. The excellent booklet notes by Alexander Lingas and translations make this a fascinating and enjoyable release.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Church of the Life-Giving Spring, Aspro Chorio, Paros,.

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Works Details

Gregoriou, Angelos : Standing by the Cross, for chorus

• Performers: Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• Conductor: Alexander Lingas
• Ensemble: Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.

Gazes, Manuel : Already the Pen, sticheron for chorus

• Performers: Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.

Stellon, Andreas : Polyeleos, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 9 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Plousiadenos, John : Kontakion for St. Thomas Aquinas, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Leontaritis, Franghiskos : Ad Dominum cum Tribularer, motet

• Performers: Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Sgoutas, Parthenios : Polyphonic Chants for the Divine Liturgy, for 2 cantors & chorus

• Performers: J.M. Boyer (Cantor); S. Antonopoulos (Cantor); Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
• Form: Choral

Desby, Frank : Apolytikon of the Holy Cross, for chorus

• Performers: Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Desby, Frank : Kyrie eleison, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Bogdanos, Theodore : Communion verse for Saturdays, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Bogdanos, Theodore : Kontakion of the Dead, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Michaelides, Peter : O Joyful Light, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Zes, Tikey : Introit of Pentecost, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Zes, Tikey : Communion verse of Pentecost, for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Cardiasmenos, Steven : Praise the Lord (Communion for Saturdays), for chorus

• Performers: Alexander Lingas (Cantor); Cappella Romana
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Adamis, Michalis : First Ode of the Canon (for the Great Supplicatory Service to the Mother of God), for chorus

• Performers: Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Adamis, Michalis : Exapostilaria (for the Great Supplicatory Service to the Mother of God), for chorus

• Performers: Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Adamis, Michalis : Radiant Cloud, for chorus

• Performers: Cappella Romana; Alexander Lingas (Cantor)
• Running Time: 9 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern