To Choralist members:

This new recording (and forthcoming musical scores) may be of interest to
choral directors who include Gregorian chants in their programs, but who
have never thought to include music from the *other* side of the
Mediterranean.

Best wishes,
Mark Powell
Portland, OR
mpowell(a)scn.org



CAPPELLA ROMANA releases its highly anticipated 2-CD recording

THE DIVINE LITURGY IN ENGLISH
IN BYZANTINE CHANT — THE COMPLETE SERVICE

11 July 2008 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cappella Romana is pleased to announce the
release of its much-anticipated recording of the Divine Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom in English set to Byzantine chant. The recording will be launched
formally at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Clergy-Laity
Congress in Washington, DC (July 13-18, 2008).

Available first online at , the recording
will be distributed to Orthodox booksellers, retail and online CD stores
worldwide, and download services (iTunes, et al.).

A male ensemble led by Alexander Lingas chants the service’s hymns, psalms,
and responses in a resonant natural acoustic according to the most
authoritative Byzantine traditions, including works adapted from Petros
Peloponnesios (†1778), Nileus Kamarados (†1922), and St. John Koukouzelis (†
ca. 1341).

The Very Rev. Dr. Archimandrite Meletios Webber (priest) and the Rev. Dr.
John Chryssavgis (deacon) render in full all of the litanies and prayers of
the entire Eucharistic assembly.

Issued with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop +GREGORIOS, this 2-CD
set employs the official translation of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
Thyateira and Great Britain. Its two discs come in a beautifully printed
package with a 40-page booklet that includes an annotated English text of
the Divine Liturgy, as well as essays on Orthodox worship and Byzantine
chant by the Very Rev. Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash), Alexander Lingas, and
John Michael Boyer.

Produced by multiple Grammy-winner Steve Barnett, this landmark recording of
Byzantine liturgy in English also features noted cantor and scholar Ioannis
Arvanitis as Artistic Advisor and Guest Director of the Sunday Communion
Verse by St. John Koukouzelis. John Michael Boyer (Protopsaltis of the Greek
Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco) prepared musical scores in Byzantine
and Western (staff) notations for this project under the guidance of leading
specialists in Orthodox liturgical music.

These bi-notational scores in English are available through
.

This recording is part of an international research initiative supported by
major grants from the Virginia H. Farah Foundation, the A.G. Leventis
Foundation, the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, and the National
Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians. For more information, visit
.

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