TIKEY ZES - Choral Works

About This Recording

Cappella Romana's first disc remains as popular as ever. A collection of sacred and secular compositions by Greek-American composer, Tikey Zes, with a cappella choral pieces and two selections with organ accompaniment. This CD features liturgical works for Pascha (Easter) and the Divine Liturgy sung in elegant polyphonic choral settings. Dr. Zes is the choir director of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in San Jose, California, and is professor emeritus of composition at San Jose State University.

Cappella Romana

Alexander Lingas, artistic director

SOPRANO
   LeaAnne DenBeste
   Rachel Taylor Brown
   Elizabeth Ebel
   Carillon Nicol

ALTO
   Virginia Hancock
   Stephanie Kramer
   Dean Suess
   Wendy Steele

TENOR
   Blake Applegate
   Christopher Kula
   Mark Powell

BASS
   Karl Blume
   John S. Boyer
   Kendrick Perala
   Adam Steele
   John Vergin

Organ and Piano
   John Vergin

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LITURGICAL WORKS:
[ 1 ] Great Doxology (Mode I)	LISTEN
[ 2 ] Paschal Megalynarion (Mode I)	LISTEN
[ 3 ] Offertory and Communion Hymn for Holy Thursday (Mode Plagal IV)	LISTEN
[ 4 ] Resurrectional Apolytikion (Mode Plagal III)	LISTEN
[ 5 ] Cherubic Hymn (Mode IV)	LISTEN
[ 6 ] Megalynarion for the Liturgy of St. Basil (Mode Plagal IV)	LISTEN
[ 7 ] One Is Holy (Mode I)	LISTEN
[ 8 ] Communion Verse for Sundays (Mode I)	LISTEN
[ 9 ] Communion Verse for Easter (Mode I)	LISTEN
[ 10 ] Megalynarion for the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostum (Mode IV)	LISTEN
[ 11 ] Troparion of Kassiane (Mode IV)	LISTEN
FOLK SONGS:
[ 12 ] I Don't Go To Potamos Any More	LISTEN
[ 13 ] Down In The Villages of Valtos	LISTEN