Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & · Johann Melchior Molter
Clarinet Concertos
Kari Kriikku, clarinet · Tapiola Sinfonietta · John Storgårds, conductor
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Track listing
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About this recording
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2010, Ondine releases a series of five two-fers, featuring each two best-selling CD titles from its back catalog. The focus is on five star artists: sopranos Soile Isokoski and Karita Mattila, baritone Jorma Hynninen, violinist Pekka Kuusisto, and clarinetist Kari Kriikku. This anniversary edition is limited and special-priced: 2 CDs for less than the price of 1.
For more information on each individual CD, click on the following links:
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ODE 1056-2 Mozart & Molter: Clarinet Concertos
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ODE 965-2 Crusell: Clarinet Concertos
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2 popular CDs in one slipcase,
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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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Bernhard Henrik Crusell
Clarinet Concertos
Kari Kriikku, clarinet · Finnish RSO · Sakari Oramo, conductor
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