My most important musical discovery in a very, very long time, perhaps even years, I came across the work of Mikael Tariverdiev at the end of Marcella Puppini's radio show when she was interviewing Stephen Coates of The Real Tuesday Weld. Heard as the last song here, this piece from the 1966 Russian film "Goodbye Boys" begins with a lovely, delicate piano, tiptoeing through the shadows of a marbled city, before changing course, slightly heavier and swaying now, joined by wistful humming, bouncing along on the back of a pickup truck through dirt and fields, out into the twilight.
Tariverdiev writes exquisite songs in the grand European tradition, often sung by the popular Russian singers of the day, and reminding me of Gainsbourg on more than one occasion. I can't find any of his work available to buy, so here is a double cd Best Of that seems to be a safe download.
And another lovely one here.
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