Ludmila Peterkova, Irina Kondratěnko

The swinging step of Jobim’s The Maiden of Ipanema, the wild dance of Monti Csárdás or the virtuoso Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov and the maiden’s flowing hair like flax by Claude Debussy… These and many other evergreens by composers of both serious and lighter genres are like coloured beads strung on a thread and connected in a beautiful necklace that you take to make you well; this is the new album by the excellent Czech clarinetist Ludmila Peterkova. There’s plenty of room for virtuosity and lyrical singing in the stylish arrangements of her clarinet backed by the sensitive and lively accompaniment of Irina Kondratenko. After her previous “serious albums” Ludmila Peterkova has made herself happy with these gems, hoping to add to the joy and well-being of her listeners.