# Kimmo Hakola: Clarinet Quintet · Loco · Capriole

> Kimmo Hakola: Clarinet Quintet · Loco · Capriole – Kari Kriikku, Avanti! Quartet, Anssi Karttunen. Ondine ODE 960-2, CD, released February 2002.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-960-2

- **Composer:** Kimmo Hakola
- **Work(s):** Clarinet Quintet · Loco · Capriole
- **Performers:** Kari Kriikku, clarinet; Avanti! Quartet; Anssi Karttunen, cello
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 960-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 February 2002
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195096024
- **Tracks:** 4, total 70:42
- **Genres:** Chamber, Finnish contemporary
- **Awards:** Classica-Répertoire 'R10 du mois'

## Track listing

**Kimmo Hakola**

- *Clarinet Quintet (1997)*
1. I. Process (13:45)
2. II. Meditation (28:35)
3. Loco, for solo clarinet (1995) (19:45)
4. Capriole, for bass clarinet and cello (1991) (8:37)

## About this recording

This CD contains three works featuring clarinet which were written by Finnish composer Kimmo Hakola for his compatriot Kari Kriikku.

The 42-minute Clarinet Quintet (1997) consists of two contrasting movements and exhibits, like the other two works, a ready sense of humour and a fascination for Oriental music (both real and imagined), with melismatic ornaments, hypnotic repetition and exotic sensuality. It features Kari Kriikku with the Avanti! Quartet (John Storgårds, violin; Anna Hohti-Jaatinen, violin; Tuula Riisalo, viola; Lea Pekkala, cello). Capriole, written for the unusual combination of bass clarinet and cello, was premièred by Kari Kriikku and Anssi Karttunen in 1991 and won Hakola the Unesco composers' rostrum nomination two years later. Loco, for solo clarinet, combines traditional demonic virtuoso performance with a modern quest for new modes of expression.

## Features

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

## Press

The performances are exemplary.

Martin Anderson, International Record Review, August 2002

Krikku is reason enough to get this disc. At almost every moment, he produces gaping-mouth, bulging-eyes performances. I'm a serious composer, (Hakola) told Fanfare's Martin Anderson last year, but not so serious. Life is wunderbar. So is this disc, many times over.

Paul Rapoport, Fanfare Magazine

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## Related pages

- [Kimmo Hakola (1958-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/hakola-kimmo.md)
- [Kari Kriikku, clarinet](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/kriikku-kari.md)
- [Avanti! Quartet, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/avanti-quartet.md)
- [Anssi Karttunen, cello](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/karttunen-anssi.md)

## Also recommended

- [A Due: Duo works for clarinet and cello](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1102-2.md): Kari Kriikku, clarinet and bass clarinet · Anssi Karttunen, cello (ODE 1102-2, 2007)
- [Kimmo Hakola: Clarinet Concerto · Verdoyances crépuscules · Diamond Street](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1063-2.md): Kari Kriikku, clarinet · Finnish RSO · Sakari Oramo, conductor (ODE 1063-2, 2005)
- [Kimmo Hakola: Piano Concerto · Sinfonietta](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1127-2.md): Henri Sigfridsson, piano · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · John Storgårds, conductor (ODE 1127-2, 2009)