Writing for The Huffington Post, Daniel Asia’s review of “Secret Alchemy” (recently released by Music from Copland House) begins with the lead, “”Music I (Mostly) Hold Dear: The Music of Pierre Jalbert.” “Pierre Jalbert,” he continues, “writes music that is…
New Release! “Secret Alchemy” from Copland House, and Joshua Kosman of The San Francisco Chronicle talks about Pierre Jalbert’s music. “Pierre Jalbert writes music of considerable elegance, but not even that knowledge was enough to prepare me for the breathtaking…
The Pro Arte Quartet recorded Pierre Jalbert’s Howl (for clarinet and string quartet), and Albany Records has released the world premiere disc. Ted Gordon, of PSNY, gives some insight into Jalbert’s work and the new recording. Read more and listen…
New from VisionIntoArts Records: Tim Fain’s disc “First Loves” — a collection of standard violin repertoire that Fain believes “remain profoundly relevant today,” along with his own arrangements of well-know classic works. Pianist Robert Keonig joins Fain on the recording.…
Brenda Nelson-Strauss from Black Grooves (the music review site hosted by the Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University) listened to Laura Karpman’s new recording of Ask Your Mama. Nelson-Strauss noted that the composer’s original music…
When Terry Robbins reviewed Tim Fain’s new CD “Partita” for The Whole Note, Robbins wrote, “I didn’t know exactly what to expect from ‘Partita for Solo Violin: Tim Fain Plays Philip Glass’ (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0050), but what…
When reviewing Naxos’ new American Classics disc “Aaron Jay Kernis – Three Flavors,” – which features the Albany Symphony – B.A. Nilsson (Metroland.net) wrote about the composer’s orchestral work. “….[Kernis] describes Three Flavors as ‘a tasting of three different meals…