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Brian Belet

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Music Publications

Published music compositions are listed in reverse chronological order (publication date). 

Research articles are listed in a separate "Research" tab.

Stellar Nebulae

Stellar Nebulae

String orchestra. 

  I.  Emergence

 II. Contemplation

III. Expansion


Published on audio CD Prisma, Vol. 4. Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Michalis Economou, conductor. Navona Records (PARMA Recordings) NV6298, 2020. 

--> Liner notes. 


REVIEW:

Stellar Nebulae ... is an example of how the composer tends to seek formal abstraction. Belet’s melodies are like paths of hope that pour us into the deep valleys of our thoughts.

 -- Josep Bosch, Sonograma Magazine. September 29, 2020

image2014

Drei Kinderstücke

Drei Kinderstücke

Drei Kinderstücke

Drei Kinderstücke

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Piano.

I. Forest Path

II. Winter Stream Crossing

III. Unexpected Clearing

Published on CD Anton Webern: Complete Piano Music and works inspired by them, Janis Mercer, piano. Centaur Records, CRC 3771, 2020.

Drei Kinderstücke

Drei Kinderstücke

Chroma CD cover, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano.

Published on CD Chroma: New Music for Piano, Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano.

Capstone Records, CPS-8810, 2008.

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim: Three Piano Preludes

Three piano preludes:
  I. Zephyr
 II. Beyond the Curtain
III. Earth Dance
-- Published on audio CD Contemporary Eclectic Music for the Piano, Vol. 15, Jeffrey Jacob, piano.
New Ariel Recordings, 2019.

CD cover: Jeffrey Jacob, piano

Sufficient Trouble

Sufficient Trouble

Audio CD containing ten B. Belet computer-music compositions. Ravello Records (PARMA Recordings) RR7969, 2017.


Composition track list:

Lyra (2002)

Violin & Kyma

Patricia Strange, violin


Still Harmless [BASS]ically (2000)

Electric Bass & Kyma

Brian Belet, electric bass


Name Droppings(2008)

Voices & Kyma


difference (no doubt it queues) (1997)

Computer-processed Voice


an abstract (difference (queues)) (1997)

Computer-processed Voice


(Disturbed) Radiance(2003)

Piano & Kyma

Janis Mercer, piano


System of Shadows(2007)

Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Kyma

Stephen Ruppenthal, C trumpet & Bb flugelhorn

I. Aurora Borealis

II. Andromeda’s Dream

III. Zephyr Apparition


Sea Lion Mix(2009)

Sea Lions, Voices, & Kyma


Summer Phantoms: Nocturne (2011)

Piano & Kyma

Keith Kirchoff, piano


Remembering Allen(2008)

Voice & Kyma

Brian Belet, voice

CD cover: Sufficient Trouble

Sufficient Trouble CD cover. Original watercolor by Marianne Bickett. (© 2017, All Rights Reserved)

System of Shadows

System of Shadows

Trumpet & flugelhorn, and Kyma processing.

   I. Aurora Borealis

  II. Andromeda's Dream

 III. Zephyr Apparition

 -- Published on CD Flamethrower, Stephen Ruppenthal, trumpet & flugelhorn. Ravello Records, (PARMA Recordings) RR7954, 2017.

 -- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above).

CD cover: Flamethrower, Stephen Ruppenthal, trumpet.

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

image2016

 Piano and electronics (Kyma-processed piano sounds).

Published on CD Insomnia, Kai Schumacher, pianist.

SWR Music/Hänssler Classic 093.334.000, 2015.

Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above). 

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

Summer Phantoms: Nocturne

image2017


Commissioned by Jeri-Mae Astolfi. 

Published on her CD Here (and there) - Innova 846, 2013.

Name Droppings

Name Droppings

Computer processed voices. Commissioned by the University of Illinois to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Electronic Music Studios at UIUC.
-- Published on UIUC CD: In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios (1958-2008), 2008.

 -- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above).

image2018

Earlier Publications

Lyra

difference (no doubt it queues) -and- an abstract (difference (queues))

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else

image2019

Violin and Kyma 

 -- Published on CD Ghost Strings, Patricia Strange, violin. IMG Media, CD-02-01, 2006.

-- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above).

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else

difference (no doubt it queues) -and- an abstract (difference (queues))

Roundabout: Four Canons and Something Else

Score title page for Roundabout

Percussion ensemble (9 performers)
Score published by Warner Brothers Publications / Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., 2002.

difference (no doubt it queues) -and- an abstract (difference (queues))

difference (no doubt it queues) -and- an abstract (difference (queues))

difference (no doubt it queues) -and- an abstract (difference (queues))

Frog Peak cd cover.

Computer-processed voice (Chris Mann)
-- Published on The Frog Peak Collaborations Project, a double audio CD international compilation of 115 short compositions based on an audio reading by Australian sound poet Chris Mann, Frog Peak Music, FP007, 1998.

 -- Also published on CD Sufficient Trouble, 2017 (see above).

[MUTE]ation

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

difference (no doubt it queues) -and- an abstract (difference (queues))

image2020

Computer-processed trombone mute sounds
-- Published on CD Music from the Center for Research in Electro-Acoustic Music, Consortium to Distribute Computer Music CD series, Volume 26, Centaur Records, CRC 2404, 1998.

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

image2021

Trombone Quartet, 1992.

Score published by the International Trombone Association Press (distributed by Warwick Music).

Four Proportional Preludes

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

Refraction: Three Gestural Reflections

CD cover: Society of Composers, Inc. compilation.

Piano, 1991.

 -- Published on SCI CD No. 11: Chamber Works, Janis Mercer, piano. Capstone Records, CPS-8651, 1998.
-- Score published in SCI Journal of Music Scores, Vol. 24, European American Music/C.F. Peters, 1998.

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