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Jukka Tiensuu - Vie / Missa For Clarinet & Orchestra / False Memories I-III (2010 Ondine ODE 1166-2

This recording features Finland’s star clarinetist Kari Kriikku with the première recording of Jukka Tiensuu’s second clarinet concerto Missa, written for him in 2007. Also included are the orchestral pieces Vie (2007) and False Memories I-III (2008) by the same composer.

Jukka Tiensuu is regarded as one of the most fascinating Finnish living composer along with Einojuhani Rautavaara, Kaija Saariaho, and Magnus Lindberg. His first clarinet concerto Puro, written for Kari Kriikku in 1989, has since known a phenomenal success, with fifty acclaimed performances around the globe.


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