Fountain

Pete Fountain's jazz clarinet is always smooth, flowing and wonderful. This CD is no exception. Show tunes and standards are joyfully, soulfully played. This is a nice addition to his other collections.

It is one of the most puzzling tales of the age of exploration why would an educated man like Ponce de Leon risk and lose everything in search of something so unbelievable as the Fountain of Youth? ANCIENT MYSTERIES presents the ultimate examination of the incredible legend and storied explorer that are linked together for all time.

David Geringas heard about the existence of the New Goldberg Variations in 1997, shortly after the first performance, and integrated into his project ‘Bach Plus’ excerpts from John Corigliano’s Fancy on a Bach Air as an introduction to Bach’s Cello Suite Nr. 1. In 2014, while planning a CD with works by American composers, he remembered about the New Goldberg Variations, and in 2015 he performed the piece, which is exactly the length a one half of a recital, in Parma, Italy, together with the pianist Ian Fountain, who is also the pianist on this recording. One year later, while being interviewed for his 70th birthday, he concretized the idea for this CD.