℗ 2019 Cedille
Released | September 13, 2019 |
Duration | 1h 41m 36s |
Record Label | Cedille |
Catalogue No. | CDR90000-191 |
Genre | Classical (Contemporary Era) |
1.1
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The Banquet
Qasim Naqvi; Jennifer Koh; Qasim Naqvi |
12:19 | |||
Sanctuary Songs
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1.2
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No. 1, Broken
Lisa Bielawa; Jennifer Koh; Lisa Bielawa |
5:09 | |||
1.3
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No. 2, Speak Softly
Lisa Bielawa; Jennifer Koh; Lisa Bielawa |
3:47 | |||
1.4
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No. 3, My Marvelous Wall
Lisa Bielawa; Jennifer Koh; Lisa Bielawa |
4:00 | |||
1.5
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Give Me Back My Fingerprints
Du Yun; Jennifer Koh; Du Yun |
9:25 | |||
1.6
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In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams
Tyshawn Sorey; Jennifer Koh; Tyshawn Sorey |
6:56 | |||
1.7
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Sun Propeller
Nina C. Young; Jennifer Koh; Nina C. Young |
12:26 | |||
Her Latitude
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2.1
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I. —
Wang Lu; Jennifer Koh; Wang Lu |
7:18 | |||
2.2
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II. —
Wang Lu; Jennifer Koh; Wang Lu |
2:54 | |||
2.3
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III. —
Wang Lu; Jennifer Koh; Wang Lu |
4:53 | |||
The Diamond
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2.4
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I. A Dream
Vijay Iyer; Jennifer Koh; Vijay Iyer |
5:34 | |||
2.5
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II. A Phantom
Vijay Iyer; Jennifer Koh; Vijay Iyer |
3:15 | |||
2.6
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III. A Drop of Dew
Vijay Iyer; Jennifer Koh; Vijay Iyer |
5:23 | |||
2.7
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IV. A Flash of Lightning
Vijay Iyer; Jennifer Koh; Vijay Iyer |
6:00 | |||
2.8
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A Thousand Tongues (Version for Violin & Piano)
Missy Mazzoli; Jennifer Koh; Missy Mazzoli |
7:09 | |||
2.9
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Vespers for Violin
Missy Mazzoli; Jennifer Koh; Missy Mazzoli |
5:08 |
Violinist Jennifer Koh’s Limitless, based on her groundbreaking recital project of the same name, bridges the modern divide between composer and instrumentalist, celebrates artistic collaboration, and revives the grand tradition of composers performing their own music. The album features world-premiere recordings of Koh-commissioned duets by a diverse roster of highly accomplished contemporary composers, which she performs with the composers themselves.
Premieres include Qasim Naqvi’s The Banquet for violin and modular synthesizer, exploring a convergence between acoustic string and electronic sound worlds; Lisa Bielawa’s Sanctuary Songs for violin and voice, three settings of texts by American women poets of the 1920s; Du Yun’s give me back my fingerprints for violin and voice, representative of what The New York Times calls her “adventurously eclectic” style; and Tyshawn Sorey’s In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams, dedicated to Sorey’s beloved mentor, the avant-garde pianist, composer, and founding president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
Limitless also offers the first recording of Nina Young’s Sun Propeller for violin and electronics, inspired by traditional Tuvan throat-singing; Wang Lu’s Her Latitude for violin and electronics, with a quasi-improvised piano part and electronically processed sounds of Buddhist chants and old Korean pop songs; and jazz luminary Vijay Iyer’s The Diamond for violin and piano, inspired by an early Buddhist text. The album concludes with Missy Mazzoli’s A Thousand Tongues for violin, piano, and electronics, an intense response to a line in a Stephen Crane poem, and Vespers for Violin for violin and electronics, “deliciously disorienting” (National Public Radio) with a soaring solo violin.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Cedille Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.06 -16.48 to -0.03 | -29.24 -38.85 to -23.09 | -24.30 -34.70 to -19.30 | 15 11 to 24 | |
1.1 | The Banquet | -7.64 | -28.10 | -25.8 | 14 |
1.2 | No. 1, Broken | -0.10 | -24.98 | -19.5 | 14 |
1.3 | No. 2, Speak Softly | -7.14 | -33.93 | -29.6 | 14 |
1.4 | No. 3, My Marvelous Wall | -0.03 | -23.09 | -19.3 | 13 |
1.5 | Give Me Back My Fingerprints | -0.33 | -29.05 | -23.2 | 17 |
1.6 | In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams | -16.48 | -38.85 | -34.7 | 11 |
1.7 | Sun Propeller | -0.70 | -28.18 | -22.3 | 16 |
2.1 | I. — | -3.21 | -28.50 | -23.2 | 14 |
2.2 | II. — | -2.87 | -34.11 | -25.2 | 24 |
2.3 | III. — | -1.02 | -31.85 | -24.3 | 20 |
2.4 | I. A Dream | -4.01 | -28.00 | -23.2 | 14 |
2.5 | II. A Phantom | -4.07 | -25.25 | -21.2 | 13 |
2.6 | III. A Drop of Dew | -9.89 | -37.72 | -32.8 | 18 |
2.7 | IV. A Flash of Lightning | -1.44 | -25.06 | -21.2 | 14 |
2.8 | A Thousand Tongues (Version for Violin & Piano) | -1.62 | -24.52 | -20.5 | 13 |
2.9 | Vespers for Violin | -4.46 | -26.71 | -22.8 | 13 |