String Theory:  Works by Pierre Jalbert, including String Theory (Kinetic), Autumn Rhapsody (Kinetic), Elegy (Kinetic), String Quartet No. 3 (Maia String Quartet), and In Terra (The Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, Larry Rachleff, conductor)

CD released by Orchid Classics.
 
"Full of world-premiere recordings, String Theory is an album of works by Pierre Jalbert, an American composer described in The New Yorker as “an acknowledged chamber-music master”. Drawing on influences as diverse as medieval plainchant, the natural world and his French-Canadian heritage, Pierre Jalbert creates music that is “Rhapsodic and skilfully written” (The New York Times). We hear three pieces for string orchestra, all performed by the dynamic Kinetic ensemble. String Theory was inspired by the concept of quantum gravity and uses an array of techniques including harmonics, rapid bowing and vibrating strings; Autumn Rhapsody muses on nature’s colourful autumnal display; and Elegy is a lyrical chorale. In Terra, for full orchestra and performed by the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, reflects on the earth’s developmental processes, slowly evolving or suddenly changing. Jalbert’s String Quartet No. 3 was commissioned by the Maia Quartet, which plays the work on this album; the piece unfolds in a series of evocative scenes."  -- from Presto Music

CD Release Date:  September 10, 2021

Violin Concerto:  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Pierre Jalbert

"Making their first appearance on BIS, Margaret Batjer and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) cross great distances in both time and space in this programme of concertante violin works. The disc opens with a Violin Concerto, whose music has been described as rich in instrumental color and harmonically engaging. Composed in 2017, the 26-minute concerto was a commission from the orchestra and here makes its first recorded appearance."

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Read reviews from LA Times, the Strad, and the San Francisco Classical Voice.  

CD Release Date:  August 2, 2019

Alchemy:  Piano Quintet  and Secret Alchemy by Pierre Jalbert, recorded by the Jupiter String Quartet and pianist Bernadette Harvey.

This recording includes two works by Pierre Jalbert as well as works by Steve Stucky and Carl Vine.  All the works on this recording were commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music

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Read reviews from AllMusic,  the High Arts Review, Classical Post, and Ear Relevant.  

CD Release Date:  May 24, 2019

Transformations:  Piano Trio No.2 by Pierre Jalbert

This recording includes works by Pierre Jalbert, Frank Bridge, Ernest Bloch and ilhan Baran.  

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Read reviews at Arkiv Music..  

CD Release Date:  May 17, 2019

Secret Alchemy:  Chamber Works by Pierre Jalbert

The portrait album features Jalbert’s Trio for violin, cello and piano (1998), as well as the premiere recordings of String Trio (2008), Crossings (2011) and Secret Alchemy (2012). The album’s title work, scored for violin, viola, cello and piano, was commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and embraces the mystery of creation and euphoria of discovery.

Read Review from San Francisco Chronicle.  Read Review from Schott.  Buy Album from Music from Copland House .

CD Release Date:  January 16, 2017

Howl for clarinet and string quartet

I.  Howl - Part I

II.  Litany

III.  Howl -- Part II

Charles Neidich, clarinet and the Pro Arte Quartet:  

David Perry, violin; Suzanne Beia, violin

Sally Chisholm, viola; Parry Karp, cello

CD Release Date:  June 1, 2016

Chamber Symphony

I.  Joyous, ecstatic; with great energy

II. Ethereal, suspended

III.  Rhythmically driving

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

Visual Abstract

for flute, clarinet, violin, cello piano, and 1 percussion

I.  Bells - Forwards and Backwards

II.  Dome of Heaven

III.  Dance

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

Kevin Noe, conductor

Cello Sonata

I. Mysterious, transcendental

II. Rhythmic, precise

III. Flexible, soulful

IV. Marcato

David Finckel, cello

Wu Han, piano

Icefield Sonnets

I. Cold is a cell

II.  Glass is a place

III.  North is a notion

Ying Quartet

Piano Trio No. 1

I. Life Cycle

II.  Agnus Dei

Lincoln Trio

Brass Quintet

I. Distant Fanfares

II.  Concurrence

Western Brass Quintet

The Invention of the Saxophone

for alto saxophone, piano, and narrator.  Based on the poem of Billy Collins.  

Susan Cook, saxophone

Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano

Steve Robinson, narrator

Toccata for piano

Christopher Atzinger, piano

Marimba Sonata

I. Perpetuum

II. Unrelenting in intensity

III. Slow, mysterious

IV. With great energy

Makoto Nakura, marimba

Dual Velocity

for cello and piano

Norman Fischer, cello

Jeanne Kierman, piano

Sonatine

for violin and guitar

I. Dramatic, with great energy

II. Stark, distant

III. Presto agitato

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