The 19th century saw a great development in technical improvements of musical instruments, thus creating more possibilities for virtuoso display and melodic expression. This original program of works for clarinet by French romantic composers use the full resources of the innovations brought to the clarinet, by then a popular solo instrument. Some of the works were written as a test piece for competitions. Presented are Claude Debussy: Petit pièce (1910), Gabriel Pierné: Canzonetta in E-flat Op.19 (1888), Henri Rabaud: Solo de concours Op.10 (1901), Jules Semler-Collery: Rêverie et scherzo, Arthur Honegger: Sonatine (1921-2), Arthur Coquard: Mélodie et Scherzetto in B-flat Op.68 (c.1904), Paul Pierné: Andante scherzo, Louis Cahuzac: Cantilène, Paul Jeanjean: Arabesques in E-flat. Played by Aldo Botta, one of the foremost Italian clarinet players, who collaborated as soloist and orchestra player with all the important Italian orchestras.