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Kokkonen: Cello Concerto, Symphonies no 3 & 4

1 CD / Ondine / 2003-10-16

Works: Joonas Kokkonen: Concerto for Cello; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4
Performers: Ylönen, Marko
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

This release features major works of Finnish composer Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996) – the dominating figure in post-war Finnish music after the death of Jean Sibelius...continue...

Kokkonen: The Four Symphonies, Requiem, etc / Vänskä, et al

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-11-30

Works: Joonas Kokkonen: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Opus Sonorum for orchestra; Symphony no 4; Sinfonia da Camera, for 12 strings; Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Grönroos, Walton; Isokoski, Soile; Sivonen, Ilkka
Conductors: Soderblom, Ulf; Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: ; Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"...Joonas Kokkonen started as a neo-classicist whose closest stylistic model was the Bartok of the quartets, concentrating on chamber music in the 40s and 50s...Kokkonen's...continue...

Kokkonen: "durch einen Spiegel", Symphonies 1 & 4 / Berglund

1 CD / Ondine / 1992-11-30

Works: Joonas Kokkonen: "... Durch einen Spiegel... ", for 12 strings & cembalo; Symphony no 1; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra members

"...Kokkonen's music is in Berglund's blood every bit as much as is Sibelius's, and he has around three decades of experience living with it on...continue...

Kokkonen: Cello Concerto, etc / Thedéen, Vänskä, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1990-08-01

Works: Joonas Kokkonen: Symphonic Sketches; Concerto for Cello; Symphony no 4
Performers: Thedeen, Torleif
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra