Kokkonen, Joonas - Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 - Radion sinfoniaorkesteri

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Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996) is considered "Finland's most significant composer after Sibelius" (American Record Guide). However, he still awaits discovery among many lovers of accessible contemporary music. Sakari Oramo and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, unrivaled champions of Finnish late 20th-century music (Classic FM Gramophone Best Contemporary Award and BBC Music Magazine Best Première Award in 2006 for a Magnus Lindberg disc), have taken up this task with a complete Kokkonen symphonies cycle: The benchmarking first volume (Symphonies 3&4, coupled with Cello Concerto) has been unanimously hailed by the press as a "must-have disc" (Fanfare magazine). On this new release, they perform the first two symphonies, coupled with Opus sonorum for orchestra. Written in the years following Sibelius's death in 1957, these masterpieces reveal Kokkonen's affinity with the music of J.S. Bach (1st symphony) and his full exploration of expressive tonal colours (Opus sonorum - "work of sounds").