Ravel / Giacometti Compared: Erard Vs Steinway 1 Super-Audio CD

Pianist Paolo Giacometti presents a fascinating new recording of music by Maurice Ravel that compares the music's sound when played on modern and authentic instruments. Although trained on modern pianos, Giacometti has long been a proponent of period keyboards, having performed on romantic grand pianos by +?rard and Pleyel and older ones by Graf and Streicher. Giacometti's desire to share the interpretive revelations he gained from playing these pianos was the inspiration for this unique project, which features Ravel's Sonatine, Gaspard de la Nuit, Menuet antique and Le Tombeau de Couperin. The 'new' instrument used for the recording is a Steinway. 'New' is in inverted commas because the Steinway grand has hardly changed since the late nineteenth century. The authentic instrument on this CD is an +?rard - one of the most celebrated makers of the nineteenth century. Ravel frequently gave his recitals on a Steinway, while at home he used an Erard when composing.

1. Mod?r? 2. Mouvement de Menuet 3. Anim? 4. Ondine 5. Le Gibet 6. Scarbo 7. Menuet Antique 8. Pr?lude 9. Fugue 10. Forlane 11. Rigaudon 12. Menuet 13. Toccata 14. Mod?r? 15. Mouvement de Menuet 16. Anim? 17. Ondine 18. Le Gibet 19. Scarbo 20. Menuet Antique 21. Pr?lude 22. Fugue 23. Forlane 24. Rigaudon 25. Menuet 26. Toccata