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Front-line artistes, quality programmes, a purist’s approach to sound, outstanding presentation, we have mixed together all the ingredients for offering you the finest and the most surprising musical discoveries.
When it comes down to it, the result of our editorial activity is always an object, a CD, a DVD, an SACD - and now you can buy it directly on this site! With the help of search engines, our advice, and just plain instinct, you can explore a catalogue of more than ten years of lively production. Be inquisitive, browse around and above all offer yourself some moments of great listening

After the launch of the new collection Cypres Open in October 2006, forthcoming projects will include increased diffusion of our catalogue through purchase by legal downloading via various platforms and our own website. Not to mention the surprises of new productions?..


The new players

ImageThe new team at Cypres consists of two active associates:

Cédric Hustinx has had training in personnel direction and management. For the past three years he has been general delegate for Musica Numeris Belgique, the nº 1 company for classical music sound recording, active throughout the whole of Europe;

Meet Camille De Rijck, who successively created forumopera.com, the first francophone webzine devoted to opera, employing more than thirty journalists around the world, and Pelléas Artists, an artistic agency on a human scale devoted exclusively to opera singers. He joined Cyprès in June 2006 at the invitation of Cédric Hustinx.

Continuity

Founded just over a decade ago, the Cypres catalogue now contains about a hundred titles in a repertory that ranges from medieval to contemporary music. From Guillaume Dufay to Luc Brewaeys, from Roland de Lassus to Joseph Jongen, from César Franck to Henri Pousseur, our country has produced over the centuries an impressive number of superb composers! Yet Belgian musical life is also the result of the intense activity of its performers, the new generation of which is the heir of earlier masters such as Lemmens, De Greef, Ysaÿe and Grumiaux. These last years have seen a constant development of the label, as well as growing interest in its innovative, intelligent programming, justly rewarded by the international press (Cannes Classical Award, ‘Chocs’ of Le Monde de la Musique, 10 of Répertoire, etc.) but also by a faithful and ever broader public.

Projects

The ‘new Cypres’ will be respectful and proud of what is already a unique catalogue, with the firm intention of adding new projects to it, projects that will reflect its passions and an approach to music that signals quality and attracts attention. The future of Cypres will be structured around different axes:

  • it will be rooted in the music of our time, by pursuing a series of projects that form the very essence of the label: defending composers of today and making them better known, but also closely following the overall creative approach of some of them;
  • it will highlight the Belgian musical heritage: a broad-ranging exploration coupled with the desire to bring back to life masterpieces from the rich musical past in our regions;
  • it will emphasise continuity with the artistes: following, throughout their discographic career, a series of performers and musical formations, be they Belgian or foreign, in specialised or main-stream repertories;
  • it will offer original programmes, include projects that will take you off the beaten track, while still ensuring artistic quality and musical interest.

Creativity

In the recording world things move very quickly. What artistes and ensembles want from their recording companies becomes more and more specific. As well as being a producer, Cypres, together with every one of its partners, will be looking for the best solution for the expansion of their discographic projects, thanks to an open and creative attitude. An ongoing determination to rethink and question the various ways of diffusing and promoting the artistic projects championed by Cypres, adapting them to suit their respective audiences; this will be the touchstone of the label’s activity.

Innovation

Little details herald big changes. Apart from the fact that the name ‘Cypres’ has lost its accent, it is now dressed in a new logo that, still evoking the original tree, lends itself to different interpretations - it’s up to your imagination! Thinking about distribution leads naturally enough to the Internet web site that presents the catalogue and enables music lovers to keep up to date with all new releases - and also to buy them online!

Quality

At every stage in the production of a disk, from concept to distribution and promotion, via the recording and the editorial work, quality is the watchword for all that Cypres does. This can be seen every month in the new releases - often world premiere recordings - prepared under the best artistic and technical conditions. Every disk in the catalogue and every one of our partnerships are the result of a project that has been thought through in its totality and championed with enthusiasm.




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