The present release is a beautiful program of works for clarinet and piano, and features compositions by composers from countries all over the globe, including Louis Cahuzac, Witold Lutoslawski, Kokai Rezso, Franz Schubert, and more. Eleanor Weingartner, an American clarinetist living in Mexico has been principal clarinet of Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra (OSN) since 1990. With the OSN she has played in concert halls throughout Mexico as well as in important venues in Europe and the United States and has participated in many OSN recordings for Sony, among other labels. Alfredo Aguilar is one of the most active Mexican performers in the last five years. He has studied and developed as a concert soloist; however, he also performs with orchestras and with chamber ensembles. Originally from Tultepec, the State of Mexico, Alfredo Isaac Aguilar studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico, the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, "Alfred Cortot" and the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria. His teachers were, Luz Maria Puente, Jorge Federico Osorio, Aquiles Delle-Vigne and Germaine Mounier. He took courses with Bernard Flavigny, Jorg Demus, Eva Maria Zuk, Arie Vardi, Gyorgy Sandor, Cyprien Katsaris and Olivier Gardon, among others.

Tracklist:

Cantilène
After You, Mr. Gershwin!
4 Hungarian Dances: No. 1, Verbunkos
4 Hungarian Dances: No. 2, Népi Tánc
4 Hungarian Dances: No. 3, Sirató Tánc
4 Hungarian Dances: No. 4, Friss
Dance Preludes (Version For Clarinet & Piano): I. Allegro Molto
Dance Preludes (Version For Clarinet & Piano): II. Andantino
Dance Preludes (Version For Clarinet & Piano): III. Allegro Giocoso
Dance Preludes (Version For Clarinet & Piano): IV. Andante
Dance Preludes (Version For Clarinet & Piano): V. Allegro Molto
Clarinet Sonatina: I. Allegro Giusto
Clarinet Sonatina: II. Andante Espressivo
Clarinet Sonatina: III. Allegro Con Brio
Gretchen Am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118 (Arr. C. Baermann For Clarinet & Piano)
Lob Der Tränen, Op. 13 No. 2, D. 711 (Arr. C. Baermann For Clarinet & Piano)
Die Schöne Müllerin, Op. 25. D. 795: No. 2, Wohin? (Arr. C. Baermann For Clarinet & Piano)

UPC: 600685103159
Label: Urtext Records
Release Date: 1.22.21
Format: CD

Voyage / Various - Voyage (CD)