Two x Four

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The disc as a whole doesn't make a compelling statement but has its charms. Koh and Laredo duet beautifully in Bach. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014

Release Date: 30th Jun 2014
Catalogue No: CDR90000146
Label: Cedille
Length: 52 minutes

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Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Work length15:09

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Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo, Curtis 20/21 Ensemble and Vinay Parameswaran, Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo
Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Vinay Parameswaran

I. Vivace

Track length3:38

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II. Largo ma non tanto

Track length6:50

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III. Allegro

Track length4:41

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Clyne: Prince of Clouds

Work length13:35

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Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo, Curtis 20/21 Ensemble and Vinay Parameswaran, Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo
Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Vinay Parameswaran

Glass, P: Echorus

Work length7:12

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Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo, Curtis 20/21 Ensemble and Vinay Parameswaran, Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo
Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Vinay Parameswaran

Ludwig, D: Seasons Lost

Work length16:04

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Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo, Curtis 20/21 Ensemble and Vinay Parameswaran, Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo
Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Vinay Parameswaran

I. Winter

Track length2:54

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II. Spring

Track length3:14

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III. Summer

Track length6:19

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IV. Fall

Track length3:37

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Renowned violinists Jennifer Koh and her distinguished mentor Jaime Laredo illuminate captivating connections between composers across the centuries, in Two x Four, an album of four double-violin concertos, performed with the Curtis 20/21 Ensemble conducted by Vinay Parameswaran. The compositional touchstone is J.S. Bach’s Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043, an innovative work that introduced new ways for two solo violins to converse with each other and with orchestra. Koh and Laredo leap from the Baroque to the late 20th-century for Philip Glass’s attractive, hypnotically undulating Echorus on the theme of compassion. Two new works commissioned expressly for the project receive world premiere recordings. Anna Clyne’s impressionistic Prince of Clouds is “a winner . . . . This is music one can listen to again and again and find new things to appreciate each time” (Chicago Tribune). David Ludwig’s evocative Seasons Lost, a contemporary counterpart to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, is “full of beautiful ideas contrasting with playful/menacing Vivaldian gestures” (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Produced by multiple Grammy Award winner Judith Sherman, Two x Four mirrors the performers’ groundbreaking concert program of the same name, which they recently toured across the U.S. Time Out New York calls the project “intrepid violinist Jennifer Koh’s latest programming brainstorm.” “‘Two x Four’ Equals Sublime,” proclaimed Philadelphia’s LocalArtsLive. Record buyers are already aware of Koh’s keen instincts for connecting Bach with later composers through her Cedille album Bach and Beyond Part 1, named one of the best recordings of 2012 by the New York Times

Koh’s tour schedule for the first half of 2014 includes, in chronological order, Tokyo; Milwaukee, Wis.; Cincinnati, Ohio; New York (Miller Theater and Carnegie Hall); Düsseldorf, Germany; Aspen, Colo.; Metz, France; Berlin, Germany; Lahti, Finland; Santa Fe, NM; Los Angeles (a Two x Four concert).

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Awards Issue 2014

The disc as a whole doesn't make a compelling statement but has its charms. Koh and Laredo duet beautifully in Bach.

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