Ernst Reijseger is the ideal partner for such encounters, as he has demonstrated wonderfully in his collaboration with Voches de Sardinna. His extraordinary joy of playing, cunning humour and astounding dexterity are inseparable and never shown off. This project is the result of an encounter between two worlds which can now create together in unforeseeable directions. A percussive, touching dialogue charged with energy which makes it clear that communication is possible. It is not without reason that this dialogue between cultures is dedicated to Ernst Reijseger‚s daughter Janna who, like her grandfather before her, looks at us and frowns Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei.
In the huge panorama of vocal music in Sardinia, this group occupies a top level place for the peculiarities of its repertoire, which embraces both forms of the vocal tradition of Orosei: the secular one “a tenore” and the sacred one “a cuncordu”. In the country of the Baronia, on the mid-oriental coast of the island, the two singing modes have never been abandoned: the contact of younger choristers with the older ones had been able to keep the tradition alive.
The Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei is born in 1978 and can boast a curriculum filled of experiences, with important collaborations, many gigs on the stages of festivals and events in Italy and outside, and a significant discography. In 1994 they record their first CD of sacred music, and two years after one dedicated to the secular repertoire. In 1997, the meeting with German producer Stefan Winter will output four records for his record label (Winter&Winter), including Colla Voche, together with the cell player Ernst Reijseger and percussionist Alan “Gunga” Purves, and a double CD coupled with a dense booklet including a six-language translation of the whole sacred and “a tenore” repertoire of Orosei. In addition to collaborations with various protagonists of popular Sardinian music - from Luigi Lai to Totore Chessa to the Tenores of Bitti - the group counts several experiences outside "pure" tradition, such as the project Voyage en Sardaigne of saxophonist Enzo Favata, and some works of classic-contemporary.