Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Finlandia: FACD 016.
Rhondda Gillespie, piano, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek, conductor (1st work) ; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom, conductor (2nd work) ; Olli Kosonen, double bass, Rainer Kuisma, percussion (3rd work).
Recorded April 18, 1975 (1st work), April 8-10, 1976 (2nd work) and at the Helsinki Radio House, September 20, 1973 (3rd work).
Previously released on analog disc as: Finlandia: FA 339, p1984 (3rd work).
Released also on compact disc: Meet the composer : Usko Meriläinen (Finlandia: 3984-23402-2, 1999).
Analog recording.
Durations: 18:32 ; 28:10 ; 23:17.
Program notes in English and Finnish (7 pages), inserted.
I. Meriläinen, Usko, 1930-2004. Concertos, double bass, percussion
Reviews
- 1. New York Times, 1-6-1985, pH21.
- 2. Fanfare, March-April, 1985, 277-278.
- 3. Fanfare, May-June, 1992, 198-199. ( FACD 016)
- 4. Gramophone, November 1992, 1990. ( FACD 016)
Genre
| 1. | Percussion and double bass music |
Performers
| 1. | Kosonen, Olli, 1938-2004 |
| 2. | Kuisma, Rainer, 1931- |
Uniform Titles
| 1. | Concertos, double bass, percussion |