Jennifer Koh – Alone Together (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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American violinist Jennifer Koh’s new recording, Alone Together is based on her online performance series of the same name, created in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial hardship it has placed on so many in the arts community. The New York Times called Alone Together “a marvel for a time of crisis” and the lineup of composers “more inclusive than anything in mainstream classical music.”

Koh has been highly visible during the pandemic as a result of Alone Together, which features short new works donated by established composers and commissioned from talented young composers who may be struggling financially because of the COVID-19 crisis. Koh performs 39 world premiere recordings of works by established composers such as Du Yun, Vijay Iyer, Tania L’eon, George Lewis, Missy Mazzoli, Ellen Reid, and Wang Lu and the emerging composers they recommended including Katherine Balch, Nina Shekhar, Lester St. Louis, Rajna Swaminathan, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Sugar Vendil.

Koh is a forward-thinking artist dedicated to exploring a broad and eclectic repertoire, while promoting equity and inclusivity in classical music. She has expanded the contemporary violin repertoire through a wide range of commissioning projects and has premiered more than 100 works written especially for her.

Alone Together was commissioned and produced by ARCO Collaborative with the support of commissioning partners National Young Arts Foundation and generous individual donors of ARCO Collaborative.

Tracklist:

01. Jennifer Koh – Lu: Hover and Recede (01:27)
02. Jennifer Koh – Lee: Hovering Green (02:31)
03. Jennifer Koh – Guerin: Together, But Alone (In Quarantine) (00:48)
04. Jennifer Koh – Iyer: For Violin Alone (02:53)
05. Jennifer Koh – Gibson: You Are Still Here (03:45)
06. Jennifer Koh – Thomas, Cheng: Art | Nat (01:03)
07. Jennifer Koh – Ko: The Fragile Season (01:35)
08. Jennifer Koh – Kotcheff: Vacuum Packed (03:00)
09. Jennifer Koh – Young: There Had Been Signs, Surely (02:11)
10. Jennifer Koh – Faizullina: Urman (02:06)
11. Jennifer Koh – Shyu: The River in My Mind (03:31)
12. Jennifer Koh – figgis-vizueta: Quiet City (& Easter Bells from the Bowery) (01:54)
13. Jennifer Koh – Reid: Brick Red Moon (01:50)
14. Jennifer Koh – Swaminathan: Kindling (04:03)
15. Jennifer Koh – Cheung: 2 Miniatures: No. 1, Springs Eternal (02:47)
16. Jennifer Koh – Gueglio-Saccone: Nocturno Lamarque (02:01)
17. Jennifer Koh – Swaminathan: A Beloved Within (02:52)
18. Jennifer Koh – Chaker: Bond of the Beloved (04:30)
19. Jennifer Koh – Ludwig: All the Rage (02:02)
20. Jennifer Koh – Younan: Your Heart Dreams of Spring (03:15)
21. Jennifer Koh – Bhatia: Descent (01:34)
22. Jennifer Koh – Benn: Exhalation (02:25)
23. Jennifer Koh – Mazzoli: Hail, Horrors, Hail (02:26)
24. Jennifer Koh – Wieland: Shiner (01:08)
25. Jennifer Koh – Balch: Cleaning (00:51)
26. Jennifer Koh – Norman: Turns of Phrase (03:04)
27. Jennifer Koh – Negrón: Cooper and Emma (01:19)
28. Jennifer Koh – León: Anima (03:57)
29. Jennifer Koh – Davis: Heart Rituals (04:05)
30. Jennifer Koh – Shekhar: Warm in My Veins (05:21)
31. Jennifer Koh – Naqvi: Hal (01:19)
32. Jennifer Koh – Dunkelman: Afterglow (01:47)
33. Jennifer Koh – Yun: Windowsills (03:41)
34. Jennifer Koh – Lewis: Un petit brouillard cérébral (03:05)
35. Jennifer Koh – Lewis: Ultraviolet, Efflorescent (01:04)
36. Jennifer Koh – Vendil: Simple Tasks II (Six-Day Deadline) (03:39)
37. Jennifer Koh – Castillo: Mina Cecilia’s Constitutional (01:30)
38. Jennifer Koh – Calianno: Ashliner (00:54)
39. Jennifer Koh – Agócs: Thirst and Quenching (03:37)