tracks

From The Office Of Sung Vespers: Final (Teleutaion) Antiphon Before The Entrance [Ps. 98:9], Mode Plagal 2
From The Office Of Sung Vespers: Psalm 140 With Refrain (Kekragarion)
From The Office Of Sung Matins, Antiphon 7: Small Litany And Old Kalophonic Antiphon, Mode Plagal 4
From The Office Of Sung Matins, Antiphon 7: Choral Stichologia (Selected Verses Of Ps. 109–112, “Palaion”)
From The Office Of Sung Matins, Antiphon 7: Ode 4 Of The Canon Of The Precious Cross
From The Ceremony Of The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross: Troparion: “Lord, Save Your People” Syllabic Melody
From The Ceremony Of The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross: Troparion: “Lord, Save Your People” Asmatikon Melody
From The Ceremony Of The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross: Kontakion: “Lifted Up On The Cross,” Short Melody, Mode 4
From The Ceremony Of The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross: Sticheron, For The Adoration Of The Cross By Emperor Leo VI “the Wise”
Selections From The Divine Liturgy For The Holy Cross: Troparion Instead Of The Trisagion “Your Cross We Worship”
Selections From The Divine Liturgy For The Holy Cross: Prokeimenon: (Gradual, Ps. 98:9, 1-2), Barys Mode
Selections From The Divine Liturgy For The Holy Cross: Asmatikon Cherubic Hymn
Selections From The Divine Liturgy For The Holy Cross: Communion Verse, “the Light Of Your Countenance,” Mode 4 [On Blu-ray Only]

notes

• Recorded in live virtual acoustics, imitating the acoustics of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople/Istanbul, in a process developed by the Icons of Sound Research Team at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University.
• Recorded 7-9 November 2016.
• Blu-ray contains audio encoded in 2.0 LPCM stereo, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Atmos, and Auro-3D.
• Blu-ray also contains documentary film, The Voice of Hagia Sophia, by Duygu Eruçman (23:43).
• Liner notes in English, and lyrics in Greek & English, in booklet (40 p.)
• Total time: 76:50 (CD) ; 80:00 (Blu-ray)

credits

Choir – Cappella Romana
Conductor, Liner Notes – Alexander Lingas
Film Director – Duygu Eruçman
Liner Notes – Bissera V. Pentcheva, Elliot K. Canfield-Dafilou, Jonathan S. Abel
Sound Designer – Center For Computer Research In Music And Acoustics

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