Jennifer Koh

When in 2000 violinist Jennifer Koh first encountered the music of Kaija Saariaho, she felt an immediate affinity with her unique synaesthetic soundworld. Since then, the pair have developed... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

What a splendidly bracing collection this is. Bohuslav Matousek and his fellow soloists are excellent advocates for this repertoire, delivering engaging performances of the motoric fast movements... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hogwood developed a passion for Martinů’s music while a student in Prague in the 1960s, as is evident at every stage in this wide-ranging collection. He seems most at home in the earlier, baroque-inflected... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Koh’s sound is toasty warm, a golden darkness to her lower register, with lashings of vibrato. Her reading of the Concerto is expansive. Like the river in Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2016 More…

Gian-Carlo Menotti's lyrical Violin Concerto, one of his most popular instrumental works, is here neatly coupled with premiere recordings of three cantatas written in the last 20 years, products... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

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 More…