Recollection(s)

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Recollection(s)

From Bach To Saariaho: Meditations On Memory And Time.

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Label Channel Classics

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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

Tracklist

Total time: 55:54

1. Wild Purple

06:39

2. Nocturne

04:35

3. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 1

00:33

4. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 2

01:26

5. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 3

01:09

6. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 4

01:10

7. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 5

00:35

8. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 6

02:06

9. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 7

01:20

10. Eight Musings... Revisiting Memories: No. 8

01:15

11. Elegy for Solo Viola

04:41

12. Viola Sonata No. 2 Op. 123

15:54

13. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004: V. Chaconne

14:31

Additional Information

Label

Channel Classics

SKU

CCS48626

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 512, DXD 24 Bit, DXD 32 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround

Composers

Saariaho, Stravinsky, Weinberg, Bach

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 256

Recording Location

Foundation Church, Heesselt (The Netherlands)

Recording Engineer

Jared Sacks

Microphones

Brüel & Kjær 4006, Schoeps

Release Date

July 03, 2026

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Reviews

Positive Feedback

Rushton Paul

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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Recollection(s)

Recollection(s)

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