François Couturier, Dominique Pifarély

Name: François Couturier, Dominique Pifarély – Preludes And Songs
Brand: ECM Records
SKU: ECM 2819, 752 2305
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Preludes And Songs

LabelECM RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation

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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.

Details

File under: Contemporary Duo

Cat. number: ECM 2819, 752 2305

Year: 2025

Format

Recorded October 2023

Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt

Tonmeister: [...]

Mixed April 2024

by [...] and

[...] (engineer)

at Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich

An ECM Production

℗ 2025 ECM Records GmbH [on disc]

Printed in Germany

Release notes

Recorded October 2023 Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt Tonmeister: [...] Mixed April 2024 by [...] and [...] (engineer) at Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich An ECM Production ℗ © 2025 ECM Records GmbH, München [on O-card back; on tray card] ℗ © 2025 ECM Records GmbH [in booklet] ℗ 2025 ECM Records GmbH [on disc] Printed in Germany

Tracklist

1	Le Surcroît	1:54
2	La Chanson Des Vieux Amants	4:47
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square / Les Ombres II
3.1	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
3.2	Les Ombres II
Les Ombres I / Lament
4.1	Les Ombres I
4.2	Lament
5	Le Surcroît II	1:44
Song For Harrison / Solitude
6.1	Song For Harrison
6.2	Solitude
7	Vague	3:46
8	What Us	5:39
9	I Loves You Porgy	6:13

Credits

Woong Chul An: Cover [Cover Photo], Photography By [Cover Photo]
Sascha Kleis: Design
Markus Heiland: Engineer [Tonmeister]
Manfred Eicher: Mixed By, Producer [Produced By]
Michael Hinreiner: Mixed By [Mixed By (Engineer)], Engineer [Mixed By (Engineer)]
Jean-Baptiste Millot: Photography By [Liner Photo]
François Couturier: Piano
Dominique Pifarély: Violin