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Cover: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & · Johann Melchior Molter – Clarinet Concertos

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & · Johann Melchior Molter

Clarinet Concertos

Kari Kriikku, clarinet
Tapiola Sinfonietta
John Storgårds, conductor

ODE 1056-2 · CD · November 2005

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Track listing

12 tracks · 58:51

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Johann Melchior Molter

  1. Concerto No. 1 in A Major for Clarinet in D, String Orchestra and Continuo 11:42
  2. 1 I. Moderato 4:04
  3. 2 II. Largo 4:42
  4. 3 III. Allegro 2;56
  5. Concerto No. 3 in G Major for Clarinet in D, String Orchestra and Continuo 10:51
  6. 4 I. Moderato 4:33
  7. 5 II. Adagio 4:14
  8. 6 III. Allegro 2:03
  9. Concerto No. 4 in D Major for Clarinet in D, String Orchestra and Continuo 11:35
  10. 7 I. Moderato 4:41
  11. 8 II. Adagio 4:15
  12. 9 III. Allegro 2:39

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  1. Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra K.622 27:40
  2. 10 I. Allegro 12:10
  3. 11 II. Adagio 7:18
  4. 12 III. Rondo. Allegro 8:12

About this recording

Featured Artists:
Assi Karttunen, harpsicord (1-9)

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish

Press

Totally brilliant (...) Even better than Benny Goodman, Kari Kriikku swings the classics!
Laurence Vittes, Audiophile Audition, 2006 Best of Year List

The artists

Kari Kriikku

Hailed by the New York Times as “A physically flamboyant player of Olympian virtuosity…”, Kari Kriikku has been a living inspiration behind a great number of remarkable Finnish compositions for the clarinet. On stage and through recordings, he has championed concertos and chamber works written for him by Kimmo Hakola, Jouni Kaipainen, Magnus Lindberg, Uljas Pulkkis, Kaija Saariaho, and Jukka Tiensuu. Above all, Kari Kriikku has premiered the entire output for clarinet by Magnus Lindberg. His recording of the Clarinet Concerto earned him both a Gramophone Award and a BBC Music Magazine Award in 2006. Furthermore he has championed the clarinet works of Jukka Tiensuu. Both concerto works Puro (“brook”, or “Bach” in German) and Missa he has performed more than fifty times.

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Tapiola Sinfonietta

The Tapiola Sinfonietta has established itself as Finland’s premier chamber orchestra. Founded as the Espoo City Orchestra in 1987, it currently has 44 members. The orchestra is known for its adventurous repertoire planning and has been widely acclaimed for nuanced performances across a wide range of eras and styles.

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