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Saariaho X Koh: Chamber Music with Violin
Cedille

Saariaho X Koh: Chamber Music with Violin

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Details

Composer
SAARIAHO, KAIJA
Artist
Koh, Hodge, Huang, Smith, Karttunen, Covington
Format
CD
Label
Cedille
Released
Nov 09, 2018
Catalog #
CDR 183
UPC
735131918329

About

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 influential Finnish composer with whom Koh has closely collaborated and feels a deep personal bond. The album offers the world-premiere recording of Saariaho’s Light and Matter for violin, cello, and piano, inspired by sunlit colors and shadows in a city park outside the composer’s window. Also receiving its first recording is the violin and cello version of Aure, meaning a gentle breeze, created for and dedicated to Koh and cellist Anssi Karttunen, another champion of Saariaho’s music. The album’s largest work is the one that first attracted Koh to the composer: the violin concerto Graal Théâtre, written for Gidon Kremer, which Koh has performed many times and performs here in the composer’s chamber-orchestra version. Grove Music Online notes that the work illustrates “Saariaho’s rich and expansive string style, but places greater emphasis on melody than earlier works.”

Tocar, Spanish for “to touch,” explores the playful and tactile aspects of the word through violin and piano. Cloud Trio for violin, viola, and cello was prompted by shape-shifting clouds in the French Alps. Saariaho X Koh is the violinist’s twelfth Cedille Records album in a discography that includes the Grammy-nominated String Poetic.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Tocar 06:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tocar
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh, Nicolas Hodges
  2. 2 I. Calmo, meditato 02:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Calmo, meditato
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh, Hsin-Yun Huang, Wilhelmina Smith
  3. 3 II. Sempre dolce, ma energico, sempre a tempo 03:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Sempre dolce, ma energico, sempre a tempo
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh, Hsin-Yun Huang, Wilhelmina Smith
  4. 4 III. Sempre energico 02:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Sempre energico
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh, Hsin-Yun Huang, Wilhelmina Smith
  5. 5 IV. Tranquillo ma sempre molto espressivo 05:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Tranquillo ma sempre molto espressivo
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh, Hsin-Yun Huang, Wilhelmina Smith
  6. 6 Light and Matter 13:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Light and Matter
    Duration
    13:53
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh, Anssi Karttunen, Nicolas Hodges
  7. 7 Aure (version for violin and cello) 05:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Aure (version for violin and cello)
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh, Anssi Karttunen
  8. 8 I. Delicato 17:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Delicato
    Duration
    17:20
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh
    Ensemble
    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
    Conductor
    Conner Gray Covington
  9. 9 II. Impetuoso 10:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Impetuoso
    Duration
    10:19
    Composer
    Kaija Saariaho
    Performer
    Jennifer Koh
    Ensemble
    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
    Conductor
    Conner Gray Covington