Colin Clarke reviews Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s Approaching Autumn release featuring Grieg, Kodály, and Mark Abel in Fanfare Magazine: “This disc, titled Approaching Autumn, is a real statement from the heart for Korean-born cellist Jonah Kim… his aim is to find “common areas” between people(s) and to learn “what we all actually care about.”…
Jonah Kim’s new Approaching Autumn release with pianist Robert Koenig and featuring a world premiere from Mark Abel landed a wonderful feature in The Whole Note‘s December 2021 Editor’s Corner: “Kim’s…performance is outstanding – big, brash and gritty as called for in the outer movements; sensitive and lyrical in the Adagio (con gran espressione) – and his…
The January 2022 issue of The Strad features a review of Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s “triumphant performance” on Approaching Autumn! “A clear, blooming sound graces the opening of the Kodály Solo Sonata, with a defined rhythmic definition charging the invention. There’s no doubt that this monumental work is the standout performance here, as Jonah…
The December 2021 issue of Gramophone reviews Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s Approaching Autumn recording: “Jonah Kim has taken Approaching Autumn, the title of Mark Abel’s new work for cello and piano, as the title of this recital album as a whole. I hadn’t necessarily thought of the Grieg and Kodály sonatas as being especially autumnal…
Rafael de Acha has a wonderful preview and review of the new Approaching Autumn release from Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig: “Jonah Kim dives into this music with courage underpinned by formidable technical prowess, with which he achieves a dazzling performance. Mark Abel’s Approaching Autumn is a one-movement, 2020 composition, melodically forthcoming, harmoniously laid-out, often playful, eminently…
Lynn René Bayley offers an absolute RAVE review for Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s new Approaching Autumn recording: “boy, does Kim tear into the Kodály Solo Sonata! … Kim combines a gorgeous sound and elegance of phrasing, including quite passionate playing in the slower sections, with just the right amount of power in the more dramatic…
Jonah Kim and Sean Kennard’s Rachmaninoff & Barber Cello Sonatas gets a rave review from San Francisco Classical Voice: “From the pensive opening measures of the Rachmaninoff, Kim and Kennard are in gripping command of the work’s expansive material. The two tightly synced players embark on a dynamic conversation… The performance is exciting to the…
Out Now Cellist Jonah Kim and pianist Sean Kennard have been making music together since they were teenagers at the Curtis Institute of Music and together they have played almost every sonata in the standard repertoire. The Rachmaninoff Sonata and the Sonata by Samuel Barber hold a special place for them: The Rachmaninoff was the first sonata they worked on together, and Kim’s…
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