Jennifer Koh: Violin Fantasies
Jennifer KohReiko Uchida
- CDR 90000 073
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"Fantasy" offers a composer one of the freest possible musical forms. When I first began thinking about this recording, I saw an opportunity to present a program of four very different composers speaking through this very free form in their distinct voices. In the months preceding the recording sessions, I lost two friends in close succession. Fortunately, I had the work of preparing these fantasies to delve into. In the midst of my preparations, I began to perceive a common thread among the pieces, besides the theme of "fantasy." I began to understand each piece as a life's journey. Each fantasy expressed itself as an entire life to me: a search to find one's own path with all of its joys and struggles along the way. I would like to dedicate this recording to my two friends and to the celebration of life. Jennifer Koh
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Total Time: 55:36
Recorded: February 25-27 and March 19-20, 2003 at the Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
Producer & Engineer: Judith Sherman
Assistant Engineer: Jeanne Velonis
Digital Editing: Bill Maylone
Graphic Design: Melanie Germond & Pete Goldlust
Front Cover Photo: Janette Beckmann
Notes: Andrea Lamoreaux
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