Bernstein, Brahms, Burgmüller, Françaix & Widmann: Works for Clarinet & Piano

Featuring

Bettina Aust
Robert Aust
Jean Françaix
Norbert Burgmüller
Jörg Widmann
Leonard Bernstein

Johannes Brahms

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Interpretation

Bettina Aust considers the Sonata by Johannes Brahms, inspired by clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld, to be the central work on this CD.

Interpretation

Bettina Aust chose works for this album that she has played in concerts for many years and that are important to her, aiming to present a multifaceted stylistic range.

Performer Biography

Bettina Aust, the clarinetist on this album, won the German Music Competition in 2015 and the Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition in 2014.

Performer Biography

Bettina Aust began playing the piano before learning the clarinet at age ten, inspired by a film and her father's love for the instrument's sound.

Recording & Production

This album is a co-production with Deutschlandradio and Deutscher Musikrat Projekt gGmbH, recorded in Berlin in October 2015.

Performer Biography

Since 2014, Bettina Aust has been the principal clarinet of the Augsburg Philharmonic, performing in symphony concerts, operas, and ballets.

Performer Biography

Bettina Aust studied with famous clarinetist Sabine Meyer, whom she first heard perform at age eleven and whose signed CD was her first classical album.