Christine Wu - Recollection(s) (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Wild Purple
02. Nocturne
03. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 1, —
04. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 2, —
05. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 3, —
06. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 4, —
07. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 5, —
08. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 6, —
09. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 7, —
10. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 8, —
11. Elegy for Solo Viola
12. Viola Sonata No. 2, Op. 123
13. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne

Violinist and violist Christine Wu, winner of the Outhere Music Recording Prize at the inaugural Berlin Prize for Young Artists, explores the relationship between time and memory in her new album Recollection(s) for Channel Classics. On violin, she performs Saariaho’s Nocturne, where memories attempt to shatter the boundlessness of time; Bach’s Chaconne, where the repeating harmonic progression inherent to the form evokes reverence, hope, and transcendence; and Jeffrey Mumford’s eight musings . . . revisiting memories, a reimagining of musical fragments from earlier works. On viola, Wu presents Joan Tower’s Wild Purple and Weinberg’s Viola Sonata No. 2, Op. 123, where recurring rhythmic cells address the fragmented nature of recollection; and Stravinsky’s Elegy, showcasing logical progressions of memories.