David Jalbert | piano
ACD2 2684
“Jalbert's piano playing is remarkable for its sweep, confidence, sensitivity, power and color, what more can we ask?” (Fanfare)
• Canadian pianist David Jalbert is featured on this recording of piano transcriptions of Russian ballet repertoire. He brilliantly performs music from Stravinsky's Petrushka and The Firebird, and from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
• A virtuoso with a warm, elegant style and a wide-ranging repertoire, pianist David Jalbert has established himself among the elite of a new generation of classical musicians: Recently named by the CBC among the 15 best Canadian pianists of all time, Mr. Jalbert performs regularly as a soloist and recitalist across North America and Europe.
• A national and international prize-winner, David Jalbert has won five Opus Awards, was nominated three times at the Juno Awards, and was the 2007 laureate of the prestigious Virginia Parker Prize of the Canada Council for the Arts. He holds degrees from the Juilliard School, the Glenn Gould School, Université de Montréal and Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, and is now Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Ottawa.
• An accomplished chamber musician, he has collaborated with artists such as Nicola Benedetti, Jean-Philippe Collard and the Quatuor Alcan, and is a member of Triple Forte (along with violinist Jasper Wood and cellist Denise Djokic).
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IGOR STRAVINSKI (1882-1971) TROIS MOUVEMENTS DE «PÉTROUCHKA» THREE MOVEMENTS FROM “PETRUSHKA” 1. l. Danse russe ( Russian Dance) [2:41] 2. II. Chez Pétrouchka (Petrushka's Cell) [4:21] 3. III. La Semaine grasse (The Shrovetide Fair) [9:36] [incluant la «Danse de l'ours» / includes the “Bear Dance” arr. D. Jalbert] L'OISEAU DE FEU / THE FIREBIRD (arr. Guido Agosti) 4. I. Dance infernale du roi Kastcheï (Infernal Dance of King Katscheï) [4:39] 5. II. Berceuse (Lullaby) [3:41] 6. III. Finale [3:18] |
SERGUEÏ PROKOFIEV {1891- 1953) DIX MORCEAUX EXTRAITS DE «ROMÉO ET JULIETTE» OP. 75 TEN PIECES FROM “ROMEO AND JULIET” OP. 75 7. I. Danse folklorique (Folk Dance) [3:50] 8. II. La rue s'éville (The Street Awakens):[1:21] 9. III. Meneuti : Arivée des invités ( Minuet : Arrival of the Guests) [2:39] 10. IV. Juliette, jeune fille (The young Juliet) [3:28] 11. V. Les masques (Masks) [2:03] 12. VI. Les Montaigu et les Capulet {The Montagues and the Capulets) [3:43] 13. VII. Frére Lauurent (Friar Laurence) [2:30] 14. VIII. Mercutio [1:57] 15. IX. Danse des filles aux fleurs (Dance of the girls with Lilies) [2:13] 16. X. Les adieux de Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet before the parting) [7:04] |
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