ECM 1979 François Couturier, Jean-Marc Larché,Jean-Louis Matinier, Anja Lechner, Jean-Marc Larché, Jean-Louis Matinier ’Nostalghia: Song for Tarkovsky’ (2006)

・Review
フランス人ピアニストFrançois Couturierによる初リーダー作品。確かにECMでは割と顔を見かけてはいた。私の好きなAnouar Brahem の“Le pas du chat noir”やAnja Lechnerの“Moderato cantabile“など。タルコフスキーの作品の持つ詩的な表現とECMの持つ静謐さともいうべきカラーがうまくマッチしている。以下にタルコフスキーの言葉を引いておく。

“If you stand on firm moral ground there is no need to shy away from greater freedom in your choice of means. Moreover that freedom need not necessarily be restricted to a clear plan which obliges you to choose between certain methods. You also have to be able to trust solutions which present themselves spontaneously.” – Andrei Tarkovsky

・Catalogue
ECM 1979 François Couturier, Jean-Marc Larché,Jean-Louis Matinier, Anja Lechner, Jean-Marc Larché, Jean-Louis Matinier ’Nostalghia: Song for Tarkovsky’  (2006)

・Track list
1.LE SACRIFICE(François Couturier)
2.CRÉPUSCULAIRE – FOR SVEN NYKVIST(François Couturier)
3.NOSTALGHIA – FOR TONINO GUERRA(François Couturier)
4.SOLARIS I(Anja Lechner, François Couturier, Jean-Marc Larché)
5.MIROIR(François Couturier)
6.SOLARIS II(Anja Lechner, François Couturier, Jean-Marc Larché)
7.ANDREI(François Couturier)
8.IVAN(François Couturier, Jean-Marc Larché)
9.STALKER – FOR EDOUARD ARTEMIEV(François Couturier)
10.LE TEMPS SCELLÉ(François Couturier)
11.TOLIU – FOR ANATOLI SOLONITSYNE(François Couturier)
12.L’ÉTERNEL RETOUR(François Couturier)

・Credit
François Couturier piano
Anja Lechner cello
Jean-Marc Larché  soprano saxophone
Jean-Louis Matinier accordion

・Official site
http://www.francois-couturier.fr