Playful Clarinet / Debussy, Bach, Monti – CD

This CD by Czech clarinettist Ludmila Peterkov brings together evergreens from classical and lighter musical genres, including Tico Tico, The Girl from Ipanema, Flight of the Bumblebee, Csrds, La Paloma, a Hungarian Dance, Nessun dorma, Brasilera, Habanera, Canzonetta, Salute, Signore Rossini, Standchen, a Fantasie, Air, Venetian Carnival, Ave Maria, La Cumparsita, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Mexican Hat Dance and Melody. In stylish arrangements, her clarinet has room for both virtuosity and lyrical singing, supported by the sensitive and lively accompaniment of Irina Kondratnko. The programme features music by Zequinha Abreu, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Vittorio Monti, Sebastin de Yradier, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, Darius Milhaud, Georges Bizet, Gabriel Piern, Bla Kovcs, Franz Schubert, Fritz Kroepsch, Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Jeanjean, Charles Gounod, Gerardo Matos Rodrguez, Claude Debussy and Anton Rubinstein.