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	Press kit | Press review Le Monde The choral sound is incredibly homogeneous and clear… perfectly accurate intonation, attention to line, diction and dynamics. Above all a respect for the text… which enhances the sense and life of the music. Bach’s monumental structures are thus made architecturally clearer, more immediate and emotionally deeper. See article Other extracts Quartier libre 19-25 august 2005 Meet with Pierre Cao click to see article Le Journal du Palais de Bourgogne 15-21 august 2005 The rod of Arsys click to see article L’Yonne Républicaine August 2004 The Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay festival is the sublimation of vocal music…. L’écho Charitois 20th may 2004 A masterly Duruflé from Arsys… click to see article Resmusica.com 12th february 2004 A triumphant Messiah... Arsys with its remarkable choral timbre... Pierre Cao’s majestic, masterly conducting click to see article Luxemburger Wort 5th november 2003 So intensiv kann also Musik wirken, wenn sie hier durch Pierre Cao und sein grandioses burgundisches Vokalensembles « Arsys » ! Man kann verstehen, weshalb Diapason (11/2002) in Pierre Cao einen der Erneuerer des Chorgesangs in Frankreich sieht. Translation :" Music, in the hands of Pierre Cao and his splendid Burgundian vocal ensemble Arsys, can have such an intense effect ! One can see why in November 2002 Diapason fixed upon Pierre Cao as the renovating force in French choral music. " click to see article Le Monde de la Musique October 2003 The programmes of the Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay (festival) grow richer and richer. Pierre Cao enhances the restrained fervour (of the Biber Requiem). click to see article La Tribune 23rd october 2003 Arsys has stamped its identity on the musical world. Not with any dogmatism, but with the remarkable originality both of its stylistic approach and of its frequently thematic programme choices. This sumptuously extroverted choir projects a sense of finesse and pleasure both on stage and in its recordings…. click to see article Luxemburger Wort 6th october 2003 So diskret, ruhig Pierre Cao das Klanggeschehen formte, dosierte, regulierte und atmen ließ, do reagierten die Sänger: stimmlich souverän, frei, entspannt, mit federneder Beweglichkeit und mit nie forcierten Tongebung.(...) und das, im Geiste von „humilité généreuse et plénitude expressive“. Translation : "As Pierre Cao quietly and discreetly shaped, measured and controlled the sound and yet left it space to breath, just so did his singers respond: vocally majestic, free, relaxed, delicately flexible, their timbre never strained… all this in the spirit of « generous humility and expressive fullness ». " click to see article La Croix 28th august 2003 …the quality of the soloists from the choir (Arsys) made for a splendid dialogue with the soloists. Cao conducts these works with simplicity and enthusiasm, lending them substance and poetry. click to see article Télérama 30th july 2003 The strength of the Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay festival lies in the quality of its musicians, which include some of Europe’s finest ensembles: Arsys Bourgogne, Concert Köln, the Nederlands Kamerkoor…. click to see article Le Monde 24th may 2003 The première of the Vézelay Vespers… Arsys Bourgogne’s six remarkable soloists… click to see article Le Bien Public February 2003 Dvorak’s Biblical Songs left us in a state of utter bliss; the famous Pôle d’art vocal combines vocal perfection with unbelievable emotivity. click to see article Répertoire Décember 2002 The interpretation is remarkable from beginning to end…. Nothing is left to chance, but technical prowess is combined with equally high artistic standards. The text is beautifully, yet naturally scanned, and Arsys Bourgogne ’s subtle timbres are a source of constant pleasure. La Lettre du Musicien October 2002 Once again Pierre Cao has managed to illuminate the Vézelay Basilica. Contemporary music, early or high Baroque – with Arsys, under Pierre Cao’s direction, we have both cohesion and great vocal beauty. click to see article Les échos 23rd/24th august 2002 This is how things are in Vézelay, a unique festival in an equally unique venue. click to see article Le Bien Public 1st july 2002 A final apotheosis at the Auditorium! Arsys for ever! Pierre Cao enchanted our music-lovers with his choir Arsys and the sublime Camerata ensemble in a programme of musical spendour ! click to see article Le Monde 28th august 2001 The choral sound is incredibly homogeneous and clear… perfectly accurate intonation, attention to line, diction and dynamics. Above all a respect for the text… which enhances the sense and life of the music. Bach’s monumental structures are thus made architecturally clearer, more immediate and emotionally deeper. click to see article
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