The desire to come as close as possible to the sound aesthetic of composers at the time of the first performance of their works, along...

The desire to come as close as possible to the sound aesthetic of composers at the time of the first performance of their works, along with the simple pleasure of the sound of period instruments, guides Jos van Immerseel in his approach.One of the finest performers of French music, this recording, celebrating Mr. Immerseel’s 70th birthday, offers a panorama of French music for clarinet and piano from the early 20th c.Mr. van Immerseel has chosen to play an 1870 Bechstein piano, and Lisa Schklyaver a Dolnet Lefevre & Pigis clarinet from 1930, in representing the sonority and poetry of the era.