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Cover: Carl Maria von Weber · Felix Mendelssohn – Clarinet Quintet · Grand Duo · Concert Pieces Nos. 1 & 2

Carl Maria von Weber · Felix Mendelssohn

Clarinet Quintet

Grand Duo · Concert Pieces Nos. 1 & 2

Kari Kriikku, clarinet
New Helsinki Quartet
Jukka Linkola, basset-horn
Arto Satukangas, piano

ODE 820-2 · CD · May 1994

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Track listing

13 tracks · 63:37

Carl Maria von Weber

  1. Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34 25:59
  2. 1 I. Allegro 9:58
  3. 2 II. Fantasia: Adagio ma non troppo 5:02
  4. 3 III. Menuetto: Capriccio presto 4:55
  5. 4 IV. Rondo: Allegro giocoso 6:04
  6. Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano, Op. 48 20:37
  7. 5 I. Allegro con fuoco 8:41
  8. 6 II. Andante con moto 5:19
  9. 7 III. Rondo: Allegro 6:37

Felix Mendelssohn

  1. Concert Piece No. 1 for clarinet, basset-horn and piano, Op. 113 8:09
  2. 8 I. Allegro con fuoco 2:21
  3. 9 II. Andante 3:15
  4. 10 III. Presto 2:33
  5. Concert Piece No. 2 for clarinet, basset-horn and piano, Op. 114 8:52
  6. 11 I. Presto 2:01
  7. 12 II. Andante 3:20
  8. 13 III. Allegretto grazioso 3:31

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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