The Fall of Constantinople

The Fall of Constantinople

The Fall of Constantinople
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Composer: Byzantine Chant
Composer: Guillaume Dufay
Composer: Manuel Gazes
Composer: John Plousiadenos
Composer: Manuel Chrysaphes
Conductor: Alexander Lingas
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-10-17
Music Label: Cappella Romana
Soundtracks:
  1. Introit for Sundays
  2. Hymn of the Resurrection (Mode 1)
  3. Imperial Acclamations for Constantine XI Paleologos
  4. Glory, Both now.
  5. Kontakion of the Mother of God (Mode Plagal 4)
  6. Hierarchial Trisagion
  7. Dynamis - Manuel Chrysaphes the Lampadarios
  8. Vasilissa ergo gaude - Guillaume Dufay
  9. Hymn for Great Compline - Manuel Gases the Lampadarios
  10. Apostolo glorioso - Guillaume Dufay
  11. Kyrie (Cunctipotens genitor)
  12. Ecclesiae militantis - Guillaume Dufay
  13. Canon in Honor of Thomas Aquinas: Ode 1 - John Plousiadenos
  14. Communion Verse - John Plousiadenos
  15. Canon for the Council of Florence: Ode 5 - John Plousiadenos
  16. Lament for the Fall of Constantinople - Manuel Chrysaphes
  17. Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae - Guillaume Dufay

Music reviews of The Fall of Constantinople

Music Review: A Different Angle
Rating: 5 Stars

I've often and perhaps stridently called upon historians of the Middle Ages in Europe, including historians of music, to pay more attention to the role of the Eastern Roman Empire, by far the most sophisticated culture of the era. In this performance, Alexander Lingas has done exactly that, juxtaposing the liturgical chant of Greek Orthodoxy with the semi-liturgical motets of Guillaume Dufay. The results are absolutely fascinating.

Contrary to the opinion of the only previous reviewer, this chant is decidedly not Gregorian. The Dufay motets are also decidedly not in the "historically informed" performance style of the most artful current ensembles. They are Dufay sung in a foreign musical language. I can't say really whether I like them very much; they seem overladen to me, and rhythmically unperceptive, but they are extremely interesting as an experiment in sonority. The whole performance is hugely reverberant. A large choir of Constantinopolitan monks singing in Hagia Sophia, without the rumble of modern traffic outside, must have sounded something like that.

If you want to hear Dufay at his best, I recommend the CDs of Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini by the Ensemble Gilles Binchois, and Missa Puisque Je Vis by the Binchois Consort. (Curious coincidence of names; the former emsemble is French, the Latter English.) But by all means, give this performance from a different historical angle a chance. It's good music.
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Description of The Fall of Constantinople

Cappella Romana explores the musical legacy of the ancient civilization of Byzantium -- caught between Latin West and Islamic East -- with majestic ceremonies for the cathedral of Hagia Sophia, triumphant assertions of superiority by Westerners, and fervent prayers for the healing of religious divisions. Fabled Byzantium ended with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453, inspiring the two poignant laments sung here that give Greek and Latin perspectives on the end of a 1,000-year-old empire. Comprehensive liner notes by Alexander Lingas, with hymn text in Greek or Latin and with English translations.

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