Epiphany - Medieval Byzantine Chant

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Label
Cappella Records
Release Date
September 18, 2020
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Cappella Romana
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 18, 2020
    • UPC
      884501633413
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CR408-CD
    • LABEL
      Cappella Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introit [Byzantine Chant, Athens MS 2406]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    2. You who sit on a fiery throne (Apolytikion) [Byzantine Chant, Messina Ms. 115, Vatopedi Ms. 1493, 15th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    3. You appeared as an unshakeable foundation (Kontakion) [Byzantine Chant, Florence, Ashburnhamensis 64]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    4. Trisagion [Byzantine Chant, Lavra, 14th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    5. Psalm 48:3, 1, "My tongue will speak wisdom" (Prokeimenon) [Byzantine Chant, Vaticanus gr. 345, f.lr]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    6. Psalm 79: 1, 2, "Attend, O Shepherd of Israel" (Alleluiarion) [Byzantine Chant, Florence, Ashburnhamensis 64]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    7. Psalm 111:6, "The just will be held in everlasting memory" [Byzantine Chant, Grottaferrata, 13th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    8. Kontakion of Theophany [Byzantine Chant, Konstamonitou MS 86, 6th Century]

      Composer: Romanos the Melodist

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    9. Ode 1 (First Kanon of Theophany)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    10. Ode 5

      Composer: Kosmas

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    11. As many of you as have been baptized (Festal Trisagion) [Byzantine Chant, Athens MS 2456, 15th Century]

      Composer: Xenos Korones, John Kladas

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    12. Troparia for the Blessing of the Waters

      Composer: Sophronios

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas

    13. Anagrammatismos for Theophany [Byzantine Chant, Sinai MS 1566, 15th Century]

      Composer: John Koukouzelis

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Ioannis Arvanitis, Alexander Lingas


Led by Greek psaltis Dr. Ioannis Arvanitis, acclaimed scholar and performer of medieval Byzantine chant, the men of Cappella Romana perform music for the feasts of January 1st (St. Basil and the Circumcision of Christ) and of January 6th (Epiphany, or Theophany, as it is known in the East). This collection of chants reflects the urban practice of the Great Church of Christ of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople as well as the monastic traditions that developed in Palestine. Vocal ensemble Cappella Romana combines passion with scholarship in it's exploration of early and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. It's name refers to the medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited world), which embraced Rome and Western Europe as well as the Byzantine Empire of Constantinople ("New Rome") and it's Slavic Commonwealth.