There's no doubting Hahn's commitment and technical assurance...and she projects the warmth of Valentin Silvestrov and David del Tredici with as much strength as the extended techniques of Richard Barrett or the Indian-inflected lines of Kala Ramnath.

it is the ability of Hahn, and her accompanist Cory Smythe to bring out the individualities of each tiny vignette that lifts this disc from helpful reference for small-scale repertoire to satisfyingly cohesive collection of new works...The programming is equally ingenious

Hahn burnishes whatever she plays with her heart, her soul and her supreme technique and Smythe is an ideal comrade, with notes and modes of attack shifting in rainbow colours. A few of these 27 encores may well find a place in other violinists’ repertoires. But most of them? We’ll see.

What makes this album crucial is less what it is than what it represents: a star soloist who has grown into a passionate advocate for the music of her time. If only every instrumentalist did projects like this.