JANET JENNINGS / GABRIEL FAURÉ
Jennings / Faure: The Earth Child Natasha Te Rupe-Wilson (soprano), Somi Kim (piano) [ Atoll / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] "Janet Jennings is a fine writer for voices, and her setting of five Mansfield poems gets its world premiere here, accompanied by the same composer's previously recorded Sit Down With Me Awhile and Fauré's La chanson d'Ève." NZ Listener |
JANET JENNINGS / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition Somi Kim (piano) [ Atoll / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Somi Kim in her debut solo album gives sparkling performances of two compositions inspired by visual art - the great 19th century work by Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition", which remains a challenge to pianists 150 years later, is preceded by... |
JOHN PSATHAS
Psathas: Leviathan Somi Kim (piano) [ Atoll / 2 CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Four modern concertos, spectacularly recorded in a production supervised by the composer. Psathas presents four new compositions, for marimba, tenor sax and percussion, with an emphasis on rhythm and colour. This is genre defying modern music,... |
Somi
Red Soil in My Eyes [ World Village Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2007 ] Somi's lyrically magnificent recording 'Red Soil in My Eyes' is a resonant and soulful celebration of her Rwandese and Ugandan heritage that speaks of returning home, organically fusing jazz, classic soul, African folk and rare urban grooves... |