Track Listings
| 1. Kontakion for the Forefeast of Christmas Peter Michaelides (b.1930) | ||
| 2. Glory to God in the Highest | ||
| 3. Today Christ is born | ||
| 4. The Magi, Kings of Persia | ||
| 5. Today Bethlehem receives Him | ||
| 6. The First Ode of the Kanon for Christmas St. Kosmas the Melodist (8th c.) | ||
| 7. Apolytikion | ||
| 8. Megalynarion | ||
| 9. Christ is Born | ||
| 10. As many of you as have been baptised Frank Desby (1922–92) | ||
| 11. Alleluiarion for Christmas Day Byzantine Chant (13th c.) | ||
| 12. Cherubic Hymn (Mode Plagal IV) Tikey Zes (b. 1927) | ||
| 13. Megalynarion and Communion Verse for | ||
| 14. When Augustus Reigned John Vergin (b. 1954) |
Editorial Reviews Flexible in size... Featuring beautiful ancient and contemporary music for the Christmas Season, including 12th- and 13th-century Byzantine chants never before heard by modern audiences. The disc also presents elegant choral settings of traditional Byzantine hymns for Christmas and Epiphany by Greek composer Michael Adamis and Greek Americans Frank Desby, Peter Michaelides and Tikey Zes. The title track was commissioned by Cappella Romana from John Vergin.
Fr. Apostolos Hill, liturgica.com
This is to Byzantine music as Rachmaninoff is to Russian liturgical music.
About the Artist
Founded in 1991, Cappella Romana is a vocal chamber ensemble dedicated to combining passion with scholarship in its continuing exploration of the musical traditions of the Christian West and East, with emphasis on early and contemporary music. Its name is derived from the medieval concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited world) which included not only "Old" Rome and Western Europe but also "New Rome" (Constantinople) and its commonwealth of Slavic and Syriac countries.
Album Description
WHEN AUGUSTUS REIGNED
Christmas Music from the
Byzantine Tradition
Cappella Romana
Alexander Lingas, Musical Director
cappellaromana.org
When Augustus Reigned: Christmas Music Byzantine Trad
When Augustus Reigned: Christmas Music Byzantine Trad, Music, Michalis Adamis, Byzantine Chant, Frank Desby, Peter Michaelides, Recorded Sound, St. Kosmas of Maiouma, John Vergin, Tikey Zes, Choral, Choral Music, Christmas / Chanukkah, Christmas Music, Classical, Xmas Vocal
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