L'ensemble
Cori Spezzati mène
ses activités avec le soutien
de mécènes privés et des
partenariats institutionnels
sur certains projets.
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The Ensemble
Founded by Olivier Opdebeeck in 1987, Cori Spezzati is an Ensemble made up of 20 to 24 singers. The name of the Ensemble, which literally means "separated choirs", refers to Venetian double choral practices. It is thus mostly unpublished Venetian works that the choir devotes itself to, but it also regularly explores other repertoires.
Each production is the result of thorough musicological research (using unpublished scores and revised editions). The works are reset in their liturgical or poetic context, and some projects are given original staging. Among the Venitian composers in their repertoire : Willaert, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Legrenzi, Vivaldi, Caldara, Marcello. The Ensemble also sings Bach, Bouzignac, Lassus, Palestrina, Purcell, Händel, Mozart, Schumann, Mendelssohn or, closer to our time, Ton de Leeuw.
Cori Spezzati have recorded several CDs dedicated to the work of Palestrina, Lassus, Bizet, Auber et Meyebeer (productions of the Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne). In summer 2001, they made the world's first recording of Giovanni Legrenzi's Missa Opus 1, and then in 2003 the first recording of Vespers from the same opus (ARION Pierre Verany).
More recently, Cori Spezzati with Marie-Ange Leurent made the first world
recording of the "Messe opus 11 in E flat minor", by
Alexandre Guilmant (Triton records).
Another CD "L'art des cori spezzati" (Petit Label), made
of Venetian works for multiple choirs, a good panel of
pieces in the Ensemble's favorite configuration: in
separate choirs.
The complete list of
recordings...
Festivals in which Cori
Spezzati have taken part include: Festival d'Art Sacré, du
Périgord Noir, Autour de
la voix (Argenteuil), Festival de la Nièvre,
de Saint Loup de Naud, des Grands Crus de
Bourgogne, d'Art Sacré de Montpellier, du
Musée des Armées, du Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles,
Jeux d'Orgues en Yvelines, Festival d'Art Sacré
de Champeaux, Promenades musicales en
pays d'Auge, Contrepoints 62, Musiques en Bessin,
Flâneries Musicales de Reims...