The Fall of Constantinople

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Label
Cappella Records
Release Date
September 18, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Cappella Romana
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 18, 2020
    • UPC
      614511736428
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CR402-CD
    • LABEL
      Cappella Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introit for Sundays

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Mark Powell, Leslie Green, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    2. Hymn of the Resurrection (Mode 1)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Mark Powell, Leslie Green, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    3. Imperial Acclamations for Constantine XI Paleologos

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Mark Powell, Leslie Green, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    4. Glory. Both Now

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Mark Powell, Leslie Green, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    5. Kontakion of the Mother of God (Mode Plagal 4)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Mark Powell, Leslie Green, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    6. Hierarchical Trisagion

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Mark Powell, Leslie Green, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    7. Dynamis

      Composer: Manuel Chrysaphes

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Mark Powell, Leslie Green, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    8. Vasilissa ergo gaude

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    9. Hymn for Great Compline

      Composer: Manuel Gazes

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: Alexander Lingas, Mark Powell

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    10. Apostolo glorioso

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    11. Kyrie Cunctipotens genitor [MS Athens 2401]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas, Mark Powell

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    12. Ecclesie militantis

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    13. Ode 1 (Canon in Honor of Thomas Aquinas)

      Composer: John Plousiadenos

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    14. Communion Verse

      Composer: John Plousiadenos

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: John Michael Boyer, Mark Powell

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    15. Ode 5 (Canon for the Council of Florence)

      Composer: John Plousiadenos

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    16. Lament for the Fall of Constantinople

      Composer: Manuel Chrysaphes

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Performer: John Michael Boyer, Alexander Lingas

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas

    17. Lamentatio sanctae Matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: Cappella Romana

      Conductor: Alexander Lingas


Cappella Romana explores the musical legacy of the ancient civilization of Byzantium- caught between Latin West and Islamic East- with majestic ceremonies for the cathedral of Hagia Sophia, triumphant assertions of superiority by Westerners, and fervent prayers for the healing of religious divisions. Fabled Byzantium ended with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks on 29 May 1453, inspiring the two poignant laments sung here that give Greek and Latin perspectives on the end of a 1,000-year-old empire.