BYZANTIUM in ROME

About This Recording

Cappella Romana offers two CDs in this release: a groundbreaking collection of medieval Byzantine chant from the Abbey of Grottaferrata, located in the suburban hills of Rome. Led by virtuoso cantor Ioannis Arvanitis, Cappella Romana recaptures the artistic vibrancy of medieval Italy's Greek minority with ecstatic 13th-century chants for St. Benedict, the monastery's founders St. Bartholomew and St. Nilos, and for the feast of Pentecost. Two CDs (CD1: The Founders of Grottaferrata; CD2: The Feast of Pentecost).

Cappella Romana

Alexander Lingas: artistic director
Ioannis Arvanitis: cantor and director

John Michael Boyer
John S. Boyer
David Krueger
Kendrick Perala
Mark Powell
Adam Steele
David Stutz

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DISK ONE: THE FOUNDERS OF GROTTAFERRATA
[ 1 ] Kontakion for St. Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (short melody) Melody: MS St. Petersburg gr. 674	LISTEN
[ 2 ] Ode 1 of the Kanon for St. Benedict Text: St. Neilos; Melody: MS Grottaferrata E.y.II Melody: MS St. Petersburg gr. 674	LISTEN
[ 3 ] Kontakion for St. Neilos of Grottaferrata Soloist: Ioannis Arvanitis MS Florence Ashburnhamenis 64	LISTEN
[ 4 ] Ode 9 of the Kanon for St. Benedict Text: St. Neilos; Melody: MS Grottaferrata E.y.II	LISTEN
[ 5 ] Kontakion for St. Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (psaltikon melody) Soloist: Ioannis Arvanitis MS Florence Ashburnhamenis 64	LISTEN
[ 6 ] Three stichera prosomoia for St. Benedict (Mode Plagal 4) Text: St. Neilos; Melody: MS Vatopedi 1493	LISTEN
DISK TWO: THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
[ 1 ] Ode 1 of the Iambic Kanon (Mode 4) Melody: MS Grottaferrata E.y.II	LISTEN
[ 2 ] Alleluiarion in Mode 1 (Ps 32:3, 13) Soloists: Ioannis Arvanitis, John Michael Boyer	LISTEN
[ 3 ] Ode 9 of the First Kanon for Pentecost Melody: MS Grottaferrata E.y.II	LISTEN
[ 4 ] Communion Verse (Ps 142: 10b) MS Grottaferrata I.y.I	LISTEN
Teleutaion (final antiphon) of the Kneeling Vespers (Ps. 18) Soloist: Ioannis Arvanitis (choir leader) Alexander Lingas (deacon); John Michael Boyer (priest)	LISTEN
[ 5 ] Small litany and psalm intonation 8:27	LISTEN
[ 6 ] Stichologia 18:00	LISTEN
[ 7 ] Glory Both now 7:53 MS Florence Ashburnhamensis 64	LISTEN