American violinist Jennifer Koh's 15th album for Cedille Records, 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." "One of the more acclaimed violinists of our time" (Washington Post), 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, "a virtuoso with quirky and wonderful ideas" (San Francisco Chronicle), performs 39 world premiere recordings of works by established composers such as Du Yun, Vijay Iyer, Tania LÃ©on, 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.

Tracklist:

Hover And Recede
Hovering Green
Together, But Alone (In Quarantine)
For Violin Alone
You Are Still Here
Art - Nat
The Fragile Season
Vacuum Packed
There Had Been Signs, Surely
Urman
The River In My Mind
Quiet City (& Easter Bells From The Bowery)
Brick Red Moon
Kindling
2 Miniatures: No. 1, Springs Eternal
Nocturno Lamarque
A Beloved Within
Bond Of The Beloved
All The Rage
Your Heart Dreams Of Spring
Descent
Exhalation
Hail, Horrors, Hail
Shiner
Cleaning
Turns Of Phrase
Cooper And Emma
Anima
Heart Rituals
Warm In My Veins
Hal
Afterglow
Windowsills
Un Petit Brouillard Cérébral
Ultraviolet, Efflorescent
Simple Tasks II (Six-Day Deadline)
Mina Cecilia's Constitutional
Ashliner
Thirst And Quenching

UPC: 735131301121
Label: Cedille
Release Date: 2.4.22
Format: CD

Koh / Chang - Not For Sale - Alone (2pk) (CD)