Jennifer Koh, Reiko Uchida - String Poetic (2008)

Tracklist

01. String poetic: I. Jagged Climb
02. String poetic: II. Nocturne
03. String poetic: III. Blue Hills of Mist
04. String poetic: IV. Maze Mechanical
05. String poetic: V. Climb Jagged
06. Mood
07. Grand Duo: I. Prelude
08. Grand Duo: II. Stampede
09. Grand Duo: III. A Round (Annabel & April's)
10. Grand Duo: IV. Air
11. Grand Duo: V. Polka
12. Road Movies: I. Relaxed Groove
13. Road Movies: II. Meditative
14. Road Movies: III. 40% Swing



One of music’s brightest young stars, “prodigiously talented” (The New York Times) violinist Jennifer Koh presents a hand-picked program of inventive and attractive American works for violin and piano, spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.

The album takes its name from Jennifer Higdon’s String Poetic (2006), written expressly for Ms. Koh — a world-premiere recording. Its diverse moods, harmonic approaches, and styles take full advantage of Ms. Koh’s wide musical palette.

The CD also features Carl Ruggles’s atmospheric and enigmatic Moods (1918); Lou Harrison’s dance-infused Grand Duo (1988), and John Adams’s propulsive Road Movies (1995).

Ms. Koh’s “penetrating intelligence,” “white-hot imagination,” and “focused, sweet-toned playing” (Washington Post) are brilliantly displayed on this album of exhilarating American discoveries.

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