Robert Kyr: All-Night Vigil
Photini Downie Robinson (soprano), Catherine van der Salm (soprano), Benjamin España (bass), Richard Barrett (vocals), Sarah Beaty (alto), Mark Powell (vocals), John Cox (tenor), Leslie Green (tenor), David Stutz (vocals), David Krueger (bass), Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas
The composer could not ask for better performers than the famed Cappella Romana under Alexander Lingas. Tonal production and intonation are pure, dynamics are beautifully shaded, and diction...
Robert Kyr: All-Night Vigil
Photini Downie Robinson (soprano), Catherine van der Salm (soprano), Benjamin España (bass), Richard Barrett (vocals), Sarah Beaty (alto), Mark Powell (vocals), John Cox (tenor), Leslie Green (tenor), David Stutz (vocals), David Krueger (bass), Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas
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The composer could not ask for better performers than the famed Cappella Romana under Alexander Lingas. Tonal production and intonation are pure, dynamics are beautifully shaded, and diction...
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Cappella Records proudly announces the WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING of ROBERT KYR’S ALL-NIGHT VIGIL, performed by Cappella Romana, and directed by founder and music director Alexander Lingas.
American composer Robert Kyr’s All-Night Vigil takes its formal inspiration from Sergei Rachmaninoff, who in 1915 set the same selections from the Orthodox vigil for the Resurrection. Here Robert Kyr employs an English translation of those selections by the late Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash), to whom this Vigil is dedicated.
Kyr blends Byzantine and Slavic musical traditions with a distinctly personal idiom, granting a fresh approach for those familiar with these texts, and a deeply moving point of entry for those encountering them for the first time.
All-Night Vigil is released on a Hybrid SACD in 2.0 stereo and 5.0 surround sound (DSM192K/24bit), recorded in DSD and Dolby® Atmos Spatial Audio and downloadable to audio servers and devices.
Contents and tracklist
- Photini Downie Robinson (soprano), Catherine van der Salm (soprano), Benjamin España (bass), Richard Barrett (vocals), Sarah Beaty (alto), Mark Powell (vocals), John Cox (tenor), Leslie Green (tenor), David Stutz (vocals), David Krueger (bass)
- Cappella Romana
- Alexander Lingas
Awards and reviews
May/June 2023
The composer could not ask for better performers than the famed Cappella Romana under Alexander Lingas. Tonal production and intonation are pure, dynamics are beautifully shaded, and diction is clear if not always fully comprehensible without a text in hand. This disc fully commends itself to both Eastern Orthodox believers and lovers of sacred choral music alike; enthusiastically recommended.
