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Les trois sopranos de La Néréide montrent, quant à elles, une expertise impressionnante. Intervenant en imitation ou s’échangeant leur place dans la polyphonie, elles prennent l’auditoire dans les fils de leurs mélodies, les déesses marines (les Néréides) se transformant alors en sirènes enchanteresses. Les textes et les « affetti » s’y rapportant sont soigneusement interprétés et les voix s’étirent dans une émission droite mais néanmoins souple et délicate. Elles ornent leur chant dans une aisance remarquée et côtoient les cimes dans la pièce a cappella de Marenzio (Belle ne fe’ natura) dans un équilibre et une justesse impeccable.

5 May 2024

En el disco nos encontramos con tres excelsas sopranos con unas cualidades superlativas que poco deben tener que envidiar al concerto delle donne.Con unas ornamentaciones maravillosas y un canto perfectamente detallado con una técnica sublime, nos pintan de manera sensual el sonido de Luzzaschi, con sus pasajes ricamente floridos, y una hermosa conjunción de las voces que extraen todo el cromatismo, el dominio de los afectos, los contrastes de aceleraciones y retardos y el uso de las disonancias que contiene esta espléndida música. Cada una con sus matices, la carnalidad de Allérat, la resonancia de Roset y la excelencia de Vieira Leite, nos dan la mejor versión de estas obras.

14 Janvier 2024

It was an obvious choice for the three magically matched and precise voices of La Néréide, singers who met while studying at the conservatory in Geneva. Every moment of this issue is absolutely gorgeous in sound and thoroughly controlled (that is to say that the semiquavers are dead right but the faster embellishments get a bit averaged); and the lower notes of the unusually wide range are sometimes treated a touch gently.

3 November 2023

Of the same range, with characterized and complementary timbres, our three soloists regularly exchange parts and places. They play with complex ornamentations, translated with astonishing ease and naturalness. The precision of the attacks, the constant accuracy, the support and the modeling of the phrases give this rich polyphony a singular life. The emotion is there, whatever the character of the piece: each listener is suspended to the expression. Mutual listening, the source of a game where imitation is masterful, the freshness of the show, all the vocal qualities of the singers are a source of constant happiness. Freshness, purity of emission, lightness, colors, contrasts, fusion of timbres, harmony, happiness…

13 October 2023

The Dijon's audience covered praise on the instrumentalists and singers of this evening as well as in the company of Alfonso II d'Este and his close courtiers.

11 October 2023

Luzzaschi's works demand virtuosity in ornamentation and clear diction, which all three sopranos possess. Light and comfortable in the treble for Ana Vieira Leite, balanced for Julie Roset, more timbre for Camille Allérat, the three voices coordinate perfectly. Finally, the interpretation suits the dramatic meaning within each piece.

11 October 2023

For this first recording, the singers of La Néréide tackle the repertoire of Luzzasco Luzzaschi, written for the "Tre Donne" of Ferrara who impressed all the visitors to this court with the beauty of their voices, their virtuosity and the emotion which animated. Very beautiful voices, which fit together perfectly and it's a very beautiful first program that they offer us, it's the disc of the day on France Musique.

29 September 2023

La Néréide is distinguished by the harmonious, warm timbres adorned with a delicate vibrato, of its three singers. To the twelve pieces in the collection, the young ensemble adds three extracts La liberazione di Ruggiero by Francesca Caccini and two madrigals (Marenzio, Monteverdi) for three sopranos and basso continuo. Its reading, all in balance, is of finesse and precision even in the superabundant passages and ornaments.

October 2023

La Néréide have recorded on their new CD "Il concerto segreto" not only the twelve madrigals by Luzzasco Luzzaschi, which he composed for the Concerto delle Donne, but also music by Claudio Monteverdi, Francesca Caccini and Luca Marenzio. Impressive how the three voices of Camille Allérat, Julie Roset and Ana Vieira Leite blend and beguile with virtuoso ornamentation, this is vocal art at the highest level.

14 September 2023

Today, the trio "La Néréide" with the sopranos Camille Allérat, Julie Roset and Ana Veira Leite follows in the footsteps of those famous artists of yesteryear. With their bright, clear and flexible soprano voices, the young singers convey a lively impression of the music-making practice of the time. They are accompanied by the above-mentioned instruments, whereby Luzzaschi has thankfully written out the accompanying movement precisely. Today, however, this demanding task is taken on by additional musicians. In addition, works by some other composers round off this selection programme and show how Alfonso's secret musical treasures inspired other early Baroque artists. In any case, today's audience, aristocratic or not, may feel princely entertained while listening to these exquisite musical gems!

8 September 2023

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