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CD Details: The Divine Liturgy (Byzantine Chant in English)

Cat. no. I-81 Date Listed 07/07/2008		Title:	The Divine Liturgy (Byzantine Chant in English)
		Performers:	Cappella Romana
		Conductor:	Alexander Lingas
		Recording Type / Total Time:	/ 107:14:00
		Label and Number:	Cappella Romana CR404-2CD
		Issue Date:	July 2008
		Price:	$24.98
		Rating:	NR

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REVIEW
There is much to recommend this new recording of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Cappella Romana. Excellence abounds! The elegant English translation, prepared with the blessing of Archbishop Gregorios of the Diocese of Thyateira in Great Britain, involved a committee of translators headed by the eminent Archimandrite Ephrem Lash; the musical settings, assembled with authority and expertise by Alexander Lingas and John Michael Boyer, flow and sing with the cadence of the English language; and Cappella Romana's artistic mastery of the authentic Byzantine style is fully evident. Moreover, by including a number of elements that, for one reason or another, have been suppressed in the practice of recent centuries, such as verses at the antiphons, the Prokeimenon and Alleluia, the litanies between the Gospel and the Cherubikon, and, most importantly, the "secret" prayers of the celebrant made audible, the Liturgy is heard, for the first time on a CD in English, as a coherent whole that "corresponds perfectly to the Divine Liturgy's self-description as 'Logiki latreia' (simultaneously 'spiritual' and 'reasonable worship')," to quote director Alex Lingas's article in the introductory booklet. Indeed, this recording presents a rendition of the Divine Liturgy that can serve in some respects as both a musical and a liturgical model.

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