rothko chapel

MORTON FELDMAN, ERIK SATIE, JOHN CAGE

Released in October of 2015, the Houston Chamber Choir's latest recording has taken the classical music world by storm. Rothko Chapel: Morton Feldman, Erik Satie, John Cage is a collaborative effort with Grammy-Award winning artist Kim Kashkashian, Da Camera of Houston with Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg, percussionist Steven Schick, and the Houston Chamber Choir conducted by Robert Simpson. The album was produced by Grammy-Award winner Judith Sherman, and was released on the legendary ECM label.

Rothko Chapel is quickly entering the standard recording repertoire, distinguished Academic Libraries across the world have added Rothko Chapel to their treasured collections, among them Princeton University, the Eastman School of Music, The Boston Conservatory and The Julliard School.

  • “This terrific concept album traces a line of spiritual inspiration from the eccentric Erik Satie to the experimentalist Morton Feldman, by way of the avant-garde guru John Cage.”

    Chicago Tribune

  • “Best classical albums of 2015: No. 5.”

    Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe

  • ...The Houston choir’s singing is warm and percussionist Steven Schick creates a great sense of space and ritual...

    Kate Molleson, The Guardian

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