Koh, Jennifer [Violin]

Bach & Beyond, Part 1 - J.S. Bach: Partitas for solo violin nos 2 & 3; Ysaye: Sonata no 2; Saariaho; Mazzoli / Jennifer Koh, violin

1 CD / Cedille / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 2 in A minor ("Obsession...
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]

American violinist Jennifer Koh's Bach & Beyond Part 1 is the first in a three-part CD series based on her groundbreaking "Bach and Beyond" recital...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City....continue...

Jennifer Higdon: The Singing Rooms

1 CD / Telarc / 2010-09-21

Works: Jennifer Higdon: The Singing Rooms, for violin, chorus & orchestra; Alvin Singleton: PraiseMaker, for chorus & orchestra; Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]
Conductors: Spano, Robert

Recent Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon is most of the most sought-after composers today and much of her success can be attributed to Robert Spano...continue...
Recording information: Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga. (03/07/2009/03/08/2009)....continue...

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...

Cedille on the Move - High Energy Tracks from Chicago's Classical Record Label

1 CD / Cedille / 2009-05-26

Works: John Adams: Road Movies; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta no 1 for strings; Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G major for Flute and Strings; Percy Grainge...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Blackwood, Easley; Cavatina Duo; Dufour, Mathieu; Freer, Elinor; Hagle, Matthew; Huydts, Sebastian; Klein, Alex; Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; Mangos, Georgia; Mangos, Louise;...
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; ; Hege, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Baroque Ensemble; Chicago Chamber Musicians; Encore Chamber Orchestra

"Well-chosen highlights from... a very impressive catalog... selections that show off the label's Chicago-connected artists and/or composers. Most of the repertoire is 20th century, and...continue...

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

1 CD / Cedille / 2008-04-08

Works: Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic; Carl Ruggles: Mood; 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...

Violin Fantasies - Schubert, Schumann, etc / Koh, Uchida

1 CD / Cedille / 2007-03-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C major, D 934/Op. 159; Robert Schumann: Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 131; Arnold Schoenberg: Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47...
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; Uchida, Reiko

"Koh regards each of the four fantasies (Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg, Ornette Coleman) as a 'life's journey,' and something of that spirit of high adventure informs...continue...
Personnel: Jennifer Koh (violin).

Recording information: 02/25/2003-03/20/2003....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...

Schumann: Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Koh, Uchida

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-01-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, WoO 27
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; Uchida, Reiko

"[The performers'] sensitive musicianship and technical aplomb warrant serious consideration. They emphasize intimacy and clarity, favoring tempos that are neither too fast nor too slow...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...

Solo Chaconnes - Bach, Reger, Barth / Jennifer Koh

1 CD / Cedille / 2001-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Richard Barth: Ciacona for solo violin in B minor, Op. 21; Max Reger: Preludes and Fugues (8) for violin, Op. 117
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]

"Now here's imaginative and illuminating programming for you [a] winning, beautifully engineered disc." - ClassicsToday [10/10 rating]...continue...

Andrei Eshpai Edition Vol 1 / Nikolaev, Ivanov, Chernushenko

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-05-01

Works: Andrey Yakovlevich Eshpay: Symphonic Dances on Mari Themes; Concerto for Violin no 4; Symphony no 2 "Praise To Light"
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]
Conductors: Nikolayev, Leonid; Chernushenko, Vladislav; Ivanov, Constantin
Ensemble: ; St. Petersburg Capella Orchestra

"...Gratifyingly, the wonderful Symphony No. 2 - taped way back in 1964 - features the most accomplished playing and the best sound. The notes include...continue...