CARLOS GUASTAVINO
Sonata for clarinet and piano
I. Allegro deciso
II. Andante
III. Rondò. Allegro spiritoso
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Sonata for clarinet and piano
I. Grazioso
II. Andantino. Vivace e leggiero
JOSEPH HOROWITZ
Sonatina for clarinet and piano
I. Allegro calmato
II. Lento, quasi andante
III. With brio
Clarinet
Giacomo Alfano
Piano
Luca Casana
The three Sonatas of the Twentieth Century for clarinet and piano are part of a chamber music repertoire of great difficulty, in which the two instruments dialogue, within the classical form, in a wide variety of musical languages and styles: from Guastavino’s Argentine romantic nationalism to Horowitz’s delicate jazz inflections, passing through the brilliance of a young Bernstein.