Content: Kimmo Hakola Artists: Kari Kriikku, clarinet Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo, conductor Genres: Instrumental Orchestral Finnish contemporary Features: Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish |
Format: CD Released: November 2005 Catalogue No.: ODE 1063-2 EAN/UPC Code: 0761195106327 |
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Superbly played and recorded works from a driving force in Finnish music. (...) Hakola's present style is broadly tonal and incorporates elements from a wide range of styles, from the avant-garde to Hollywood-like sentimentality to oriental world music. It is a tribute to his compositional skill and the force of his creative personality that he is able to hold such a bewildering array together. (...) With demonstration-quality sound, this is all great fun. This CD includes Finnish composer Kimmo Hakola's Clarinet Concerto, a stirring and virtuoso work of nearly 40 minutes written for Kari Kriikku, the featured soloist. The recording also includes the solo clarinet piece Diamond Street, as well as the single-movement orchestral work Verdoyances crépuscules, which Hakola wrote on commission by the Finnish Broadcasting Company and features Esa Tukia on French horn. Sakari Oramo conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. |