Album: A Filetta, Intantu (Deda)
Your support helps us to tell the story
Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.
Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.
Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.
Louise Thomas
Editor
This Corsican a cappella male-voice group are world-beaters in the art of discreet self-effacement – no internet homepage, a mere list of their credits in Wikipedia – yet their intricate art has a barbaric beauty, and the re-release of this remarkable CD allows us to savour it.
"Filetta" is a Corsican fern, which accurately symbolises the way their polyphony unfolds. Invited to create music to accompany Seneca's "Medea", they do so with passionate force: though the text is in Corsican, one still gets the whiff of archaic heroism.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments