Corsica / Sardinia: The Mystery Of Polyphony (1995)

"This is a stirring, gently edgy reminder that Corsica produces some of the most subtle and remarkable vocal music in Europe. A Filetta consists of six men who specialise in the complex, three-part polyphonic songs that have long been a part of the island’s musical tradition, but were in danger of dying out until revived during the nationalistic and cultural upheavals of the 1970s. That’s when the group started, performing religious songs and then traditional folk ballads, though they have now expanded their range to original material influenced by the old styles" (The Guardian)