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File under: ContemporaryDuo
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.
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File under: ContemporaryDuo
Cat. number: ECM 2819, 752 2305
Year: 2025
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
