Violinist and violist Christine Wu, winner of the Outhere Music Recording Prize at the inaugural Berlin Prize for Young Artists, explores the relationship between time and memory in her new album Recollection(s) for Channel Classics.
On violin, she performs Saariaho’s Nocturne, where memories attempt to shatter the boundlessness of time; Bach’s Chaconne, where the repeating harmonic progression inherent to the form evokes reverence, hope, and transcendence; and Jeffrey Mumford’s eight musings. Revisiting memories, a reimagining of musical fragments from earlier works.
On viola, Wu presents Joan Tower’s Wild Purple and Weinberg’s Viola Sonata No. 2, Op. 123, where recurring rhythmic cells address the fragmented nature of recollection; and Stravinsky’s Elegy, showcasing logical progressions of memories.
Christine Wu, Violin & Viola
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| SKU | CCS48626 |
| Qualities | DSD 128, DSD 512, DSD 64, DSD 256, DXD 32 Bit, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz |
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| Release Date | July 2, 2026 |
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Violist and violinist Christine Wu is an emerging master of both instruments. She plays with immense technical facility and supreme communicative command. Her music-making is not about routine proficiency; it is about nuance, deliberation, and emotional depth.
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Jared Sacks recorded and mastered this album, so I fully expected the sound quality to be excellent—and it is. Recorded in Foundation Church, Heesselt, The Netherlands, the venue was new to me but proves ideally well suited to the sound of a solo string instrument. The acoustic is open and extended, allowing the harmonic overtones so essential to beautiful string tone to develop naturally. The viola, in particular, is captured with a full, rich, resonant voice. The instrument remains focused, alive, and three-dimensional throughout. Too often, recordings of this type can sound hollow or overly reverberant. Not here. In Jared’s hands the sound is simply magical.
Warmly recommended.
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