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Compared, Vol. 1: Erard vs. Steinway - Ravel: Sonatine; Gaspard de la Nuit; Menuet antique; Tombeau de Couperin / Paolo Giacometti

2 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sonatine for Piano; Gaspard de la nuit; Menuet antique; Le tombeau de Couperin
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

Pianist Paolo Giacometti presents a fascinating new recording of music by Maurice Ravel played on both modern and authentic instruments. Although trained on modern pianos,...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol. 6

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-10-13

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: work(s); Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet in E flat, Op. 64 no 6; Sonata i...
Performers: Beynon, Emily; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Crowe, Lucy; Fan, Jing Ma; Giacometti, Paolo; Halls, Matthew; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Mees, Reinild; Meijer, Lavinia; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Van Rijen, Jorg...
Conductors: ; Dijkstra, Peter; Halls, Matthew; Fischer, Iván; Petrenko, Kirill; Hempel, Jurgen; Veldhoven, Jos van
Ensemble: ; Combattimento Consort Amsterdam; Florilegium (Ensemble, UK); Holland Baroque Society; Meridian Arts Ensemble; Netherlands Bach Society

I was like Wow! / Jörgen van Rijen

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-05-12

Works: Arthur Honegger: Hommage du Trombone exprimant la tristesse de l'auteur absent, for trombone & piano, H. 59; Frank Martin: Ballade for trombone or tenor sax & piano; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Schu...
Performers: Beekman, Marcel; Damrow, Fritz; Giacometti, Paolo; Van Rijen, Jörgen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

Trombonist Jorgen van Rijen says regarding his inspiration for this disc, "I heard an American soldier say, 'I was like wow' when he was describing...continue...

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Arabeske, Gesänge der Frühe / Paolo Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Gesänge der Frühe (5) for Piano, Op. 133
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

All the works on this CD are linked together by the powerful personal emotions of the composer. The Davidsbundler (League of David) was an imaginary...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 5

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 429/L 132; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199...
Performers: Adlam, Derek; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Feng, Ning; Giacometti, Paolo; Hoppe, Thomas; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Jarnot, Konrad; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Mees, Reinhild; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Qiao, Ta...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Bach Society

Channel Classics' fifth mid-priced Super Artists on Super Audio sampler could not be more varied. The musical selections on this disc travel from Bach to...continue...

Forgotten Treasures Vol 4 - Wilms: Symphony & Solo Concerti / Willens, Giacometti, Sandhoff, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2008-10-04

Works: Johann Willem Wilms: Concerto for Piano in C major, Op. 12; Symphony in E flat major, Op. 14; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 24
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Sandhoff, Martin
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

Had he been asked to name his favourite instrument, Johann Wilhelm Wilms would have surely replied "the orchestra". This might sound rather strange coming from...continue...

Rossini: Complete Works for Piano Vol 8 / Paolo Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2007-06-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les radis, for piano in A minor (Quatre hors d'oeuvres), QR xix/47; Les anchois (thème et variations), for piano in D major (Quatre hors d'oeuvres), QR xix/63; Les cornichons ...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

"Charming though the titles are, they have nothing to do with the actual music...but however you look at it, these pieces are genuine treats. Perhaps...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 4

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2007-03-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135; Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Book 8 (Album de château); Un regret, un espoir, for piano in E major...
Performers: Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Giacometti, Paolo; Grimm, Anne; Mei, Yu Hong; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Schneemann, Bart; Wadsworth, Matthew; Yan, Zhang; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thompson, Candida; Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: ; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Meridian Arts Ensemble; Netherlands Bach Society; Rombouts Quartet; Sfera Armoniosa

A new sampler means looking back to those recordings that have appeared since our last compilation. Every track represents a brief 'sample', not only of...continue...
Personnel: Matthew Wadsworth (lute); Zhang Hong Yan (pipa); Rachel Podger (violin); Yu Hong Mei (erhu)....continue...

Mozart: Quartets K 370, K 421, etc / Schneemann, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, K 377 (374e); Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K 421 (417b)
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Schneemann, Bart

"What I really wanted was a motor scooter, if I remember correctly. But on that memorable day when I turned 13, it turned out to...continue...

Rossini: Complete Works for Piano Vol 7 / Paolo Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2006-11-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Prélude prétentieux, for piano in C minor/major (Péchés de vieillesse), QR x/1; Spécimen de mon temps, for piano in A flat major (Péchés de vieil...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

"The delightful titles of so many of Rossini's piano works suggest that they are all lightweight predecessors of Satie, but his Album de Château contains...continue...

Rossini: Complete Works for Piano Vol 6 / Paolo Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-12-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Un cauchemar, for piano in E major (Péchés de vieillesse, book 7), QR xiv/104; Plein-chant chinois, scherzo for piano in A minor (Péchés de vieillesse, book 7),...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

This month marks the release of the sixth disc in Channel Classics' survey of Rossini's prolific output of compositions for piano. Paolo Giacometti brings out...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 3

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Anonymous: Allegro; Ludwig August Lebrun: Concerto for Oboe no 3 in D major; Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun; George Frederick Handel: Suite in G minor; Mariano Mores: Taquito militar; Mau...
Performers: Brüggen, Daniel; Cooper, Gary; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Driever, Bertho; Dufour, Marc; Escalera, Katia; Gerritsen, Elsbeth; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldstein, Marleene; Groot, Peter de; Jacobs, ...
Conductors: ; de Vriend, Jan Willem; Reuss, Daniel; Dijkstra, Peter; Veldhoven, Jos van; Herbers, Werner; Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ebony Band; Florilegium Ensemble; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam; Netherlands Bach Society Baroque Orchestra; Netherlands Bach Society Choir; Ra...

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Widerkehr: Duo Sonatas / Schneemann, Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2004-09-14

Works: Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart: Ideen zur einer Asthetik der Tonkunst, prose; Jacques Widerkehr: Duo sonata for oboe & piano in E minor; Sonata for oboe & piano no 2 in C major; Duet (sonata) in...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Schneemann, Bart

Widerkehr's music richly melodius, with surprising turns of phrase, virtuosity, flashes of humor, and sparkling dialogues between the piano and oboe. The sweet sound of...continue...

Rossini: Complete Works for Piano Vol 5 / Paolo Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2004-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Book 12 (Quelque riens pour album); Péchés de vieillesse, Book 7 (Album de chaumière)
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

'Sins of My Old Age', Rossini himself gave this facetious name to this collection of Piano works, which were written after a long spell of...continue...

Rossini: Quelques riens pour album Vol 4 / Paolo Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2003-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Book 12 (Quelque riens pour album)
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

Super Artists on Super Audio - Channel Classics Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2003-05-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G major, Op. 4 no 3/RV 301; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major ("La stravaganza" no 11), Op. 4/11, RV; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; César F...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Hauwe, Walter Van; Henstra, Siebe; Jonathan Manson [Cello/Viola da gamba]; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Marcucci, Alfredo; Pinnock, Trevor; van der Velden, Mieneke; Wilson, Glen; Wispelwe...
Conductors: ; Dijkstra, Peter; Tilkin, Michel; Veldhoven, Jos van
Ensemble: ; Arte dei Suonatori; Capella Figuralis; Diapente Viol Consort; Ensemble Piacevole; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Locke Brass Consort; Love & Lament...

Schumann, Dvorak: Piano Concertos /Giacometti, Tilken, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2002-12-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 33/B 63
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo
Conductors: Tilkin, Michel

Franck, Brahms: Sonatas; Schumann / Wispelwey, Giacometti

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2002-12-01

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Wispelwey, Pieter