Joo Yeon Sir - Solitude (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Joo Yeon Sir writes in the booklet to her solo recital album ‘Solitude’, ‘Solitude was the state I found myself in along with the rest of the world in 2020. Concerts were suddenly postponed… and I was left eerily by myself at home’. When, the following year, and the time had come to record the album, Lockdown was reinstated.

Joo Yeon used this period of self-reflection, to discover new works for solo violin, and to re-visit solo repertoire that were firm favourites. Walking through strangely empty streets to the first recording session with her violin was a combination of raw emotion and loneliness, together with the familiarity of going to work with her instrument. The experience of playing became far more intense. Solitude is a musical time capsule of an artist alone, overcoming the shock of being deprived of audiences, the company of fellow musicians and finding solace in the music for solo violin.

Tracklist:
1. Passacaglia in G Minor, C. 105 (08:31)
2. Caprice No. 10 in G Minor, Op. 1 (03:49)
3. Caprice No. 24 in A Minor, Op. 1 (06:01)
4. Recitative and Scherzo-Caprice for Solo Violin, Op. 6 (05:00)
5. My Dear Bessie (07:36)
6. Hora Bessarabia (05:29)
7. Cleopatra (06:09)
8. Through the Fog (06:51)
9. Sonata for Solo Violin No. 6 in E Major, Op. 27 (Ded. Manuel Quiroga) (08:25)


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