Paolo Fresu

Sketches of Corsica: the radiant lyric trumpet of Paolo Fresu glides across the massed voices of A Filetta, the singers who are both trailblazers and keepers of tradition in the realm of Corsican polyphony. The ancient and the experimental blend seamlessly in these compositions, several of them written by ensemble founder Jean-Claude Acquaviva, who has directed the singing group for more than 30 years. A powerful showing here also for Italian bandoneon innovator Daniele do Bonaventura, who contributes new music, solos imaginatively, duets with Fresu, and envelops voices and trumpet with an almost orchestral sense of form.

Personel:
Paolo Fresu trumpet, flugelhorn
Daniele di Bonaventura bandoneon
A Filetta
Jean-Claude Acquaviva seconda
Paul Giansily terza
Jean-Luc Geronimi seconda
José Filippi bassu
Jean Sicurani bassu
Maxime Vuillamier bassu
Ceccè Acquaviva bassu
 
Tracklist:
Rex tremendae
Liberata
Da tè à mè
Le lac
Dies irae
Gloria
Corale
La folie du Cardinal
U sipolcru
Scherzi veranili
Figliolu d’ella
Gradualis
Sanctus

Recorded January 2010