I BALCONI (vinyl)

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SINCE 1978, A FILETTA ENSEMBLE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LEADING POLYPHONIC CHOIR GROUPS. "THE EMOTION A FILETTA IS BACK." --- LE MONDE ---. A Filetta's music is a journey... One could say it is a demanding, audacious contemporary polyphonic vocal offering, born from a powerful oral tradition. The repertoire currently produced by this vocal sextet is a faithful reflection of its progress since the early 80s: a trajectory outlining a movement initiated in a secular oral tradition and asserting itself through the intricate paths of an uninhibited writing, free from any filial obligation; it combines sacred and secular songs with diverse influences, Bruno Coulais' film scores, compositions for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's choreographies, excerpts from the chorus of an ancient tragedy, or pieces from a requiem commissioned by the Saint-Denis festival. "THANKS TO ITS ARDENT AND PASSIONATE VISION OF SACRED AND PROFANE CHANT, A FILETTA IS ONE OF THE MOST SUMPTUOUS CORSICAN POLYPHONY GROUPS AND BEYOND." ----TÉLÉRAMA ---. "A FILETTA has become one of the premier heritage groups of the Corsican tradition thanks to its tenacity, its knowledge of Corsican polyphony, and above all its renewal, its opening of the insular repertoire to the winds from afar." --- LIBÉRATION ---. "One succumbs to the simple pleasure and serene beauty of these refined harmonies." ----TÉLÉRAMA ---. "The voices of A FILETTA speak to the skin as well as to the ear. The vocal group A FILETTA sings the soul of its island with universal talent." --- L'EXPRESS ---. "Far from freezing the score, the group's polyphony, on the contrary, finds its strength in the life and emotion aroused by the work of each member's vocal timbres. Guttural sounds, nasal musicality of certain syllables, blending of intonations (...) All the art of A FILETTA singers is reinforced by a complex harmony of which they hold the secret." --- L'HUMANITÉ ---.