Koh, Jennifer [Violin] > Modern Period

Rhapsodic Musings - Carter, Salonen, Zorn, et al / Jennifer Koh

1 CD / Cedille / 2009-09-29

Works: Esa-Pekka Salonen: Lachen Verlernt; Elliott Carter: Lauds (4), for solo violin; Augusta Read Thomas: Pulsar, for solo violin; John Zorn: Goetia, 8 incantations for violin; Unspecified: Untitled CD-RO...
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]

"Koh is a magnificent and exciting artist, establishing from the first notes of the first piece a vital, vibrant presence, her instrument truly speaking in...continue...

Higdon: String Poetic; Adams, Ruggles, Harrison / Jennifer Koh

1 CD / Cedille / 2008-04-08

Works: Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic; Carl Ruggles: Mood, for violin & piano; Lou Harrison: Grand Duo, for violin & piano; John Adams: Road Movies
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; Uchida, Reiko

"Jennifer Koh, for whom String Poetic was written, plays with such powerful, right-to-the-edge virtuosity, and the recording is so expertly engineered that you easily forget...continue...

Martinu: The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol 1

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-10-09

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for flute, violin & chamber orchestra, H. 252; Duo Concertante for 2 violins & orchestra (Concerto no 1), H. 264; Concerto for 2 violins & orchestra (no 2), H. 329
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; Matousek, Bohuslav; Pasquier, Regis; Thomsen, Jan
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

"One wonders at first just how much feeling Hogwood has for Martinu's music, but the Czech Philharmonic couldn't really perform this music badly - nor...continue...

Portraits - Szymanowski, Martinu, Bartók / Koh, Kalmar

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-01-01

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35, M37; Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Violin no 2, H. 293; Béla Bartók: Portraits (2) for violin and orchestra, Op. 5/Sz 37
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

"Koh offers three works for violin and orchestra by three very different Eastern European composers, none of them over-exposed and all of them distinctive. In...continue...

Menotti: Violin Concerto, Death of Orpheus, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Muero porque no muero, cantata; Llama de Amor Viva, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; For the Death of Orpheus, for tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; MacDougall, Jamie; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

"The chorus and orchestra from the festival that Menotti has run for over 40 years respond wholeheartedly under the direction of Richard Hickox... The Violin...continue...