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Jennifer Koh – Limitless (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:41:57 minutes | 1,73 GB | Genre: Classical
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Through duo commissions performed by violinist Jennifer Koh and the composers themselves, Limitless celebrates the collaborative relationship between composer and performer, while also exploring the historical role of the composer as performer. This spirit of collaboration contrasts with the conventional notion that composition and performance are discrete and detached parts of the musical process.
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Jennifer Koh, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov – Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:14 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
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The outstanding American violinist Jennifer Koh, who has produced a string of terrific CDs for the Cedille label featuring contemporary compositions, returns to the standard repertoire for her latest release, Tchaikovsky Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra, with Alexander Vedernikov conducting the Odense Symphony Orchestra (CDR 90000 166). The trademark Koh intelligence and sensitivity in programming is still there, however: Vedernikov was the conductor when the 15-year-old Koh played the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major Op.35 in the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 1992, the same year in which she first played with the Odense Symphony, and in 2011 all three performed together for the first time.
Koh admits to possibly being more patient in the concerto after all these years, and there is certainly never any sense of rushing in what is a carefully measured and highly lyrical performance. There aren’t quite the fireworks that you’ll find in some recordings, perhaps, but that doesn’t in any way diminish the interpretation here – it’s a thoughtful, personal statement from a player with impeccable technique.
Tchaikovsky’s works for violin and orchestra all date from the years 1875-78. The Sérénade melancolique in B Minor Op.26 from 1875 and the Valse-Scherzo in C Major Op.34 from 1877 open the disc, with the 1878 concerto as the central work; the Glazunov orchestration of the three-piece Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op.42, also from 1878, completes a highly satisfying CD.
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Jennifer Koh – Saariaho x Koh (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:02 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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Jennifer Koh, a ‘brilliant violinist’ (The New Yorker) who performs with ‘conviction, ferocity, and an irresistible sense of play’ (Washington Post), showcases works by Kaija Saariaho, the visionary and much-honoured Finnish composer with whom Koh has closely collaborated and feels a deep personal bond.
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Jennifer Koh – Bach & Beyond, Pt. 3 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:26:14 minutes | 1,54 GB | Genre: Classical
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American violinist Jennifer Kohs Bach & Beyond Part 3 concludes her critically acclaimed series of recordings based on her groundbreaking, multi-season recital series of the same name that The New York Times has called indispensable. Koh, a virtuoso with quirky and wonderful ideas (San Francisco Chronicle), again pairs two of J.S. Bachs landmark Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin with Bach-inspired 20th- and 21st-century works. On this series-finale album, Bachs florid and fanciful Sonata No. 2 in A minor and Sonata No. 3 in C major, celebrated for its colossal Fuga movement, frame Luciano Berios expressive, chaconne-like Sequenza VIII and Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbisons alluring For Violin Alone, a dance suite inspired by Bachs partitas, written for Koh (a world-premiere recording).
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Jennifer Koh – Bach & Beyond, Part 2 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:31:14 minutes | 959 MB | Genre: Classical
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Violinist Jennifer Koh’s „Bach & Beyond Part 2“ is the newest installment in a three-album cycle based on her ground-breaking, multi-year recital series of the same name. Koh, “a masterly Bach interpreter and a champion of contemporary repertory” (The New York Times), performs J S Bach’s landmark violin Sonatas and Partitas alongside 20th and 21st century solo violin works they’ve inspired, including new commissions.
„Bach & Beyond Part 2“ offers J S Bach’s expressive Sonata No.1 and contemplative Partita No.1 for solo violin, Bela Bartok’s lyrical Sonata for Solo Violin, and the world premiere recording of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s alluring, otherworldly Frises for violin and electronics.
In concert and on disc, Koh’s adventurous ‘Bach and Beyond’ programs have yielded transcendent listening experiences that illuminate Bach’s violin cornerstones and works by latter-day composers Koh deeply admires. “The juxtapositions have been hailed as brilliantly insightful programming while the demanding and daring performances showcase the dynamic, even athletic, fiddling of an artist at the top of her game”, said the Santa Barbara Independent.
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Jennifer Koh – Alone Together (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:37:10 minutes | 1,79 GB | Genre: Classical
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American violinist Jennifer Koh’s new recording, Alone Together is based on her online performance series of the same name, created in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial hardship it has placed on so many in the arts community. The New York Times called Alone Together “a marvel for a time of crisis” and the lineup of composers “more inclusive than anything in mainstream classical music.”
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