Escher String Quartet, Carol Wincenc - P. Jalbert: Air in Motion (2022)

This recording celebrates my long and fruitful relationship with the Escher Quartet, and also salutes the beloved flutist Carol Wincenc on her 50th Anniversary season. Though the string ensemble is the common thread in all of these recorded works, their inspiration and ideas are quite varied. In String Quartet No.4, dynamic shapes and configurations – spiral, waveform, labyrinth – are the catalysts for each movement, whereas String Quartet No.6 (“Canticle”) invokes the idea of ritual as its point of departure – coloured by the use of small, bell-like disks called crotales. Air in Motion brings a flute into the ensemble, adding a new dimension suggested by the flow of air through a column of metal.

Tracklist
01. String Quartet No. 4: I. Spiral I
02. String Quartet No. 4: II. Waveform
03. String Quartet No. 4: III. Labyrinth
04. String Quartet No. 4: IV. Spiral II
05. Air in Motion: I. Turning
06. Air in Motion: II. Canon on 50 Notes
07. Air in Motion: III. Air
08. Air in Motion: IV. Pushing the Envelope
09. String Quartet No. 6 "Canticle": I. Eternal, Timeless
10. String Quartet No. 6 "Canticle": II. Intense, Dramatic
11. String Quartet No. 6 "Canticle": III. Scherzando
12. String Quartet No. 6 "Canticle": IV. Ethereal
13. String Quartet No. 6 "Canticle": V. Driving
14. String Quartet No. 6 "Canticle": VI. Still
15. String Quartet No. 6 "Canticle": VII. Soulful, Mysterious