The Orthodox Arts Journal reviews the new PaTRAM Institute recording, Blessed Art Thou Among Women: “The repertoire lineup is indeed star-studded. Here the listener will find hymns that are familiar and widely beloved… Throughout the program, there are moments of exquisite choral beauty, punctuated by outstanding solo contributions: by soprano Fotina Naumenko, basso profundo Glenn Miller, baritone Protodeacon Leonid Roschko, and basso profundo Alexis Lukianov, who poignantly intones “Memory eternal” to his late father, Protopresbyter…
The Orthodox Arts Journal‘s Vladimir Morosan reviews the PaTRAM Institute Singers and Peter Jermihov’s Kurt Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom recording: “The results are nothing short of breathtaking! Attempts to describe music in words can never successfully convey what ultimately can only be expressed by musical sounds. Nonetheless, Kurt Sander’s new Divine Liturgy is a musical phenomenon that merits being written about if for no other reason than to entice you, as the reader…