Glow : chamber music / by Jaakko Kuusisto.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Kuusisto, Jaakko, 1974-2022, composer, performer.

Contributor:

Ristiluoma, Riitta-Liisa, performer.

Gustafsson, Jan-Erik, performer.

Kärkkäinen, Heini, 1966- performer.

Jumppanen, Paavali, 1974- performer.

Meta4 (String quartet), performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chamber music.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Åkersberga, Sweden Bis, 2016.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Summary:

Jaakko Kuusisto is one of Finland's most versatile musicians, a quality demonstrated by his rich discography on BIS in which he appears as violinist (in chamber music, as soloist and as concertmaster), conductor, arranger and composer. In the latter capacity, he made his mark on disc in 2013, with the release of his violin concerto (on BIS-2020) - a work which received great acclaim in international media, including American Record Guide ('Violin writing and orchestration are masterly'), klassik.com ('A concerto which lets the violin shine in the most appealing light') and MusicWeb-International.com ('An immediately attractive work that really should get performances all over the world'). The present disc features different facets of his production in the field of chamber music, and at the same time of his professional activities: Loisto is a ballade composed for his own instrument, the violin; Play II and Play III offer opportunities for the spirited musicianship of his close performer colleagues; the rich display of timbre in Play II owes much to his broad experience as an orchestral arranger. Throughout the program, Kuusisto strikes a path of his own through the landscape of Western classical music, with occasional nods to some of his favorite composers including Debussy, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Sibelius: moments which fuse divergent traditions. Apart from Kuusisto himself, the performers are among the finest instrumentalists of Finland, and include the dedicatees of two of the works on the disc: Meta4 string quartet, who regularly perform Play III at concerts in Finland and abroad, and the pianist Paavali Jumppanen, who has also written the insightful liner notes.

Contents:

Play III, for string quartet, Op. 21

Valo, for violin & piano, Op. 23

Play II, for violin, viola, cello & piano, Op. 16

Loisto, for violin & piano, Op. 12

Jurmo, for piano, Op. 31.

Participant:

Meta4 String Quartet ; Jaakko Kuusisto, violin ; Riitta-Liisa Ristiluoma, viola ; Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello ; Heini Kärkkäinen, piano ; Paavali Jumppanen, piano.

OCLC:

968924777

Publisher Number:

7318599921921

2192 Bis

BIS2192 Bis