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LOUIS (JEAN BAPTISTE) CAHUZAC (QUARANTE, LANGUEDOC, FRANCE, 12 JULY, 1880 – LUCHON, FRANCE, 9 AUGUST, 1960)

Cahuzac was an outstanding performer and one of the few clarinetists who made a career as a soloist in the first part of the 20th century. Louis Cahuzac was born in Quarante, in Languedoc, in the south of France. His teachers were Felix Pagès in Toulouse conservatoire and Cyrille Rose in the Paris Conservatory. Cahuzac made the first recording of Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto, a piece originally written for the Danish clarinetist Aage Oxenvad. On 22 November 1956, at the age of 76, he recorded the Clarinet Concerto in A major by Paul Hindemith for the EMI music label under the composer’s baton. He was a great teacher also and many students became famous like Eduard Brunner (Munich’s Bavarian Radio Symphony), Yona Ettlinger, Hans Rudolph Stalder, Gervase de Peyer, André Boutard (Paris Opera) or Gilbert Voisin (Geneva international prize winner in 1950) and Palle Nehammer (Royal Danish Orchestra). Cahuzac died at Bagnères-de-Luchon. His compositions were mainly for the clarinet and all are inspired by his native region in Southern France.

TRACKLIST

1. Arabesques with Folmer Jensen (piano)
2. Cantilene with Folmer Jensen (piano)
3. Canzonetta with Folmer Jensen (piano)
4. Clarinet Concerto I. Ziemlich schnell (Hindemith) Paul Hindemith Philharmonia Orchestra
5. Clarinet Concerto II. Schnell (Hindemith) Paul Hindemith Philharmonia Orchestra
6. Clarinet Concerto III. Ruhig (Hindemith) Paul Hindemith Philharmonia Orchestra
7. Clarinet Concerto IV. Heiter (Hindemith) Paul Hindemith Philharmonia Orchestra
8. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K.622 II. Adagio (Mozart) Mogens Woldike, The Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra
9. Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Lebhaft, leicht (Schumann) with Folmer Jensen (piano)
10. Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Rasch und mit Feuer (Schumann) with Folmer Jensen (piano)
11. Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Zart und mit Ausdruck (Schumann) with Folmer Jensen (piano)
12. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K.581 I. Allegro (Mozart) with The Koppel Quartet
13. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K.581 II. Larghetto (Mozart) with The Koppel Quartet
14. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K.581 III. Menuetto (Mozart) with The Koppel Quartet
15. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K.581 IV. Allegretto con variazioni (Mozart) with The Koppel Quartet
16. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, F Minor Op. 1201 I. Allegro appassionato (Brahms) with Folmer Jensen (piano)
17. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, F Minor Op. 1201 II. Andante un poco adagio (Brahms) with Folmer Jensen (piano)
18. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, F Minor Op. 1201 III. Allegretto grazioso (Brahms) with Folmer Jensen (piano)
19. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, F Minor Op. 1201 IV. Vivace (Brahms) with Folmer Jensen (piano)
20. Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano Lent et soutenu with Folmer Jensen (piano)
21. Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano Modéré with Folmer Jensen (piano)
22. Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano Vif et rythmique with Folmer Jensen (piano)