Preludes And Songs

 
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Preludes And Songs
François Couturier, Dominique Pifarély

[ ECM New Series / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 24 January 2025

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Pianist François Couturier and violinist Dominique Pifarély, major figures in French improvisation, have played together in many projects over the last 30 years, including their duo, which made its recording debut for ECM with the remarkable Poros in 1997. Preludes and Songs, carries the story forward, with its programme including music by both players as well as pieces by Jacques Brel, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and J.J. Johnson. With sensibilities informed by jazz and contemporary composition, Couturier and Pifarély channel the wide-ranging repertoire into compelling, starkly expressive music. Preludes and Songs was recorded in the exceptional acoustics of Reitstadel Neumarkt, in October 2023, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Tracks:

1. Le surcroît I
(François Couturier)
01:54

2. La chanson des vieux amants
(Gérard Jouannest, Jacques Brel)
04:47

3. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley / Les ombres II
(Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz, Dominique Pifarély)
07:26

4. Les ombres I / Lament
(Dominique Pifarély, J.J. Johnson, Jon Hendricks)
10:34

5. Le surcroît II
(François Couturier)
01:44

6. Song for Harrison / Solitude
(Dominique Pifarély, François Couturier, Duke Ellington, Edgar de Lange, Irving Mills)
07:39

7. Vague
(Dominique Pifarély)
03:46

8. What us
(Dominique Pifarély)
05:39

9. I loves you Porgy
(George Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward, Ira Gershwin)
06:13