Bernhard Henrik Crusell
Complete Clarinet Quartets
Kari Kriikku, clarinet · Members of Avanti! Quartet
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Bernhard Henrik Crusell
Clarinet Concertos
Kari Kriikku, clarinet
Finnish RSO
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Track listing
9 tracks · 63:58Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Bernhard Henrik Crusell
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in B-flat Major, Op. 11 22:04
- 1 I. Allegro risoluto 10:05
- 2 II. Andante moderato 5:18
- 3 III. Alla polacca 6:42
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in F Minor, Op. 5 2221
- 4 I. Allegro 11:10
- 5 II. Andante pastorale 5:27
- 6 III. Rondo (Allegretto) 5:44
- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-flat Major, Op. 1 19:32
- 7 I. Allegro 10:16
- 8 II. Adagio 3:26
- 9 III. Rondo (Allegretto) 5:50
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish
Press
Outstanding performances of these engaging works, characterfully and sharply projected, in fine recorded sound. (...) With full, bright, immediate sound, the Finnish clarinettist Kari Kriikku gives dazzling performances of these three delightful clarinet concertos.
Edward Greenfield, Gramophone, January 2001
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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