(Modern Jazz / Classical) Francois Couturier - Tarkovsky Quartet (A Lechner, J-M Larche & J-L Matinier) - 2011, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

The unique band founded by François Couturier continues to draw inspiration from the films of Andrey Tarkovsky as its frame of reference expands. Allusions to Pergolesi, Bach and Shostakovich are to be found in the compositions here, as are compelling group improvisations. As the Irish Times wrote of the earlier “Nostalghia - Song for Tarkovsky” album (recorded 2005): “Mixing classical rigour with improvisation both formal and free, what emerges is austerely beautiful, etched in sombre hues and redolent of an unslakeable thirst to connect with a deeper well of the spirit.
http://www.francois-couturier.fr/

“The unique band founded by François Couturier continues to draw inspiration from the films of Andrey Tarkovsky as its frame of reference expands. Allusions to Pergolesi, Bach and Shostakovich are to be found in the compositions here, as are compelling group improvisations. As the Irish Times wrote of the earlier Nostalghia – Song for Tarkovsky album (recorded 2005): ‘ Mixing classical rigour with improvisation both formal and free, what emerges is austerely beautiful, etched in sombre hues and redolent of an unslakeable thirst to connect with a deeper well of the spirit.’ “
http://wsm.serpent.pl/sklep/eng/albumik.php,alb_id,25565,Tarkovsky-Quartet,Francois-Couturier
http://www.francois-couturier.fr/?page_id=719
ECM Records Cat № ECM 2159 http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2100/2159.php?cat=&we_start=0
http://www.jazzmessengers.com/all-cd-albums/tarkovsky-quartet
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http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/18876386/Tarkovsky-Quartet/Product.html
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tarkovsky-Quartet-Francois-Couturier/dp/B004MBP7K6

François Couturier piano
Anja Lechner violoncello
Jean Louis Matinier accordion
Jean Marc Larché soprano saxophone