Dr. Tikey Zes (b. 1927) is the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox liturgical music in America. This highly original Liturgy, which Zes dedicated to Cappella Romana, bears the marks of a composer long engaged with the traditions of Orthodox worship. Cumulatively opulent in it's variety, level of musical difficulty, and ecstatic polyphonic climaxes, this Liturgy achieves a balance of splendor with restraint that is, in an inculturated and dignified musical idiom, thoroughly Byzantine. Vocal ensemble Cappella Romana combines passion with scholarship in it's exploration of early and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. It's name refers to the medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited world), which embraced Rome and Western Europe as well as the Byzantine Empire of Constantinople ("New Rome") and it's Slavic Commonwealth.

Tracklist:

Litany Of Peace
The Three Antiphons
The Small Entrance
Trisagion
Alleluiarion And Gospel
The Cherubic Hymn
The Litany Of The Precious Gifts
The Holy Oblation
Megalynarion
Conclusion Of The Holy Oblation
Litany Of The Lord's Prayer
Communion Verse For Sunday
Communion Of The Laity
Post-Communion And Dismissal
Prayer Behind The Ambo And Final Dismissal

UPC: 884501950633
Label: Cappella Romana
Release Date: 11.12.13
Format: CD

Cappella Romana - Divine Liturgy (CD)