1. Kontakion For The Forefeast Of Christmas: Four Christmas Idiomela
2. Glory To God In The Highest
3. Today Christ Is Born
4. The Magi, Kings Of Persia
5. Today Bethlehem Receives Him
6. The First Ode Of The Kanon For Christmas: Three Christmas Hymns
7. Apolytikion
8. Megalynarion
9. Christ Is Born
10. As Many Of You As Have Been Baptised, I
11. As Many Of You As Have Been Baptised, II
12. Alleluiarion For Christmas Day
13. Cherubic Hymn, Mode Plagal IV
14. Megalynarion For Theophany
15. Communion Verse For Theophany
16. When Augustus Reigned
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On this release, Cappella Romana sings a rich selection of ancient and modern Byzantine Christmas music in the original Greek. Cappella Romana is a professional vocal ensemble that performs early and contemporary sacred classical music in the Christian traditions of East and West. The ensemble is known especially for it's presentations and recordings of medieval Byzantine chant (the Eastern sibling of Gregorian chant), Greek and Russian Orthodox choral works, and other sacred music that expresses the historic traditions of a unified Christian inheritance. Cappella Romana brings to life music that meets a deep human need, not only to belong and to have a shared creative experience, but to feel the full range of ethical, emotional, and spiritual effect as expressed through music. We strive to give an experience that allows you, our audience, to feel a sheer joy that cannot be contained by mere words, but through the ineffable sounds of the human voice in song.