A Byzantine Emperor

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Media type: CDs

Artist: Alexander Lingas · Cappella Romana

Genre: Classical · Folk, World, & Country

CD Details

UPC 753459828328

Virtual SKU MWV.B0BP88SRBH.VG

A Byzantine Emperor documents a singular moment in late fourteenth-century musical history. When Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos visited King Henry IV’s court in England for Christmas, the sacred music of two great Christian traditions met for the first and only time. At Eltham Palace in London, Byzantine chant, Western polyphony, royal ceremonial music, and imperial acclamations from both kingdoms sounded together in antiphonal exchange. Cappella Romana performs this repertoire using historically informed approaches to medieval music, bringing to life a Christmas celebration unlike any other before or since.

This CD features the vocal ensemble Cappella Romana, whose name evokes the medieval Byzantine concept of the inhabited world spanning both Rome and Constantinople. The recording represents the ensemble’s thirtieth release and combines scholarly research with passionate performance of early Christian music from East and West.

Track List

Sarum Responsory At Vespers For The Vigil Of The Nativity Of The Lord: Iudea Et Hierusalem - 4:46
Acclamations Sung At The Prókypsis Of The Emperor - 5:08
Kalophonic Polychrónion - 8:33
Motet: Ovet Mundus Letabundus - 4:43
Pentekostária (Tropes Of Psalm 50) For Christmas Matins
Sarum Responsory From The Second Nocturn Of Matins: O Magnum Mysterium - 4:08
From The First Kanon Of Christmas Matins: Ode 9 With Megalynária - 4:48
Kalophonic Megalynárion - 8:48
Prosa From The Sarum Processionale: Te Laudant Alme Rex - 3:27
Entrance Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus Est - 1:12
Prologue Of The Kontákion For The Nativity Of Christ - 2:45
Kyrie For Principal Double Feasts: Deus Creator Omnium - 3:10
Gloria In Excelsis - 3:19
Communion Verse For Christmas - 3:58
Antiphon Before The Magnificat: Hodie Christus Natus Est - 1:11
Magnificat - 5:33
Antiphon After The Magnificat: Hodie Christus Natus Est - 1:17

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