Channel Classics CCS SA 31612 2CD
Giacometti’s fingerwork and articulation are very precise (...) ‘Toccata’ of Ravel’s Le Tombeau is by far the most difficult and virtuosic of the three, and Giacometti meets its pianistic demands with secure exuberance. (...) an interesting and valuable release.International Record Review
(...) The recording quality is superb, bringing out the sounds of these different pianos to their best advantage (...) An engaging project. American Record Guide
(...) The new cd is unusual and interesting, the first one of its kind. (...)Rhythm Planet
Dat de Érard en de Steinway meer verschillen dan overeenkomsten vertonen krijgt in deze vertolkingen nog een extra dimensie dankzij het geciseleerde, fijnzinnige (sonatine!) maar menigmaal ook overdonderende (Gaspard!) spel van Giacometti. (...) Wie, zoals Giacometti, ook nog stilistisch verbeeldingsvol en met een feilloze techniek deze stukken interpreteert, creëert uitsluitend klankjuwelen die de toehoorder meeslepen in hun ongekende pracht. Dit zijn verkenningen van de hoogste muzikale orde die bovendien prachtig zijn vastgelegd.Opusklassiek
(...) The Steinway’s sound is crisper and burlier, the Érard’s more singing and lyrical. (...) Fascinating.The Absolute Sound
(...) For my ideal Giacometti performance of La Tombeau de Couperin, I choose for the Érard for the Prélude’s more pronounced contrasts between the hands and the Toccata’s more forceful repeated notes. On the other hand, the Steinway Forlane movement seems more fluid and less sectionalized next to its Érard counterpart. In all, an absorbing and often inspired release.Classics Today
(...) elk instrument vraagt om een andere benadering (...) het gaat hier om twee magistrale uitvoeringen door Paolo Giacometti (...)Akkoord
(...) Beide opnames zijn mooi, alleen al vanwege het heldere, bevlogen, haast eerbiedige en uitgebalanceerde spel van Paolo Giacometti.Luister
Welke van de twee? Dat is het centrale vraagstuk van het fraaie Ravelalbum van pianist Paolo Giacomett. (...) Op beide instrumenten speelt Giacometti Ravel elegant, vloeiend en transparant. (...) Klassiek Zaken
Giacometti’s doppelter Recital offenbart erstaunliche Einsichten (...) Eine Aufschlussreiche Doppel-CD, die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede verschiedener Flügel aufzeigt – und gleichseitig belegt, dass es vor allem der Interpret ist, der das Stück adäquat authemtisch umzusetzen hat.Blog.codaex.de
(...) een interessante dubbel-cd. (...) Welke interpretatie is het mooist? Dat is moeilijk kiezen, want Giacometti laat van deze muziek overtuigende interpretaties horen.Nederlands Dagblad
Fascinerend hoe Giacometti Ravels Sonatine, Gaspard de la Nuit, Menuet antique en Le tombeau de Couperin aan een vergelijking onderwerpt.Volkskrant.nl
The program is an interesting one (...) This comparison effort made me want to hear the same piano music recorded in hi-res on several modern concert grands, including Bodendorfer and Fazoli. (...) I am looking forward to the second volume by Giacometti.Audiophile Audition
Channel Classics CCS SA 28709 (SACD)
AUDIOPHILE AUDITION five stars mark:... a beautiful performance, easily equal to the best ones on the market, including Kempff and Haskil among others.
... I have heard only one other recording that comes close to matching this one ... Schumann of great conviction and substance ...
Channel Classics CCS 24907 (SACD)
CLASSICS TODAY 10/10 mark:... few discs have given me more unalloyed pleasure than Paolo Giacometti's Rossini piano music series for Channel Classics.
... no one matches Giacometti in terms of consistency, brilliance, choice of instrument, and stylishness ...
Channel Classics CCS 24106 (SACD)
MUSICA "5 stelle" award:...a basic contribution to the knowledge of Rossini's art...
CLASSICS TODAY 10/10 mark - "03/2007 disc of the month" - "2007 Best of the Year Selection":...Paolo Giacometti plays each piece (and they are not easy) with consummate technique and a dry wit that never crosses the boundaries of good taste...his beguiling artistry really does conjure a picture of Rossini and his friends enjoying an evening of good music and good company.
Channel Classics CCS 22705 (SACD)
MUSICA "5 stelle" award:...a perfect balance between wit and seriousness...an accomplished stage performer...
Brabants Dagblad:...his play is serious, but at the same time happy and lively. He masters the ten pieces recorded on this CD completely. Again a fabulous performance like in the previous five compilations...
Channel Classics CCS 20504 (SACD)
Pianowereld:...Rossini has found his ideal performer...
La Médiathèque:...Paolo Giacometti mérite, au sense vrai du terme, le titre de virtuose...
Channel Classics CCS 18098 (CD) - CCS 18003 (SACD)
Sydney Morning Herald:...the real appeal is Giacometti’s playing...Recommended!!
Americal Record Guide:...Paolo has the right touch, balance, and sense of humor to perform these...
Antonin Dvorák - Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 (B 63)Robert Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54Channel Classics CCS 17898 (CD) - CCS 17802 (SACD)
American Record Guide:...superbly musical performances...
Fanfare:...one of the most effective performances...
Gramophone:...one of the best concerto disks I have heard in a long while...
Channel Classics CCS 16798
BBC Music Magazine's Benchmark:...a standard of sensitivity and intelligence...
Luister:...a must for music lovers.
Musica:...a little, unexpectedly fine jewel.
Channel Classics CCS 16098
Edison Award 2001:...a combination of virtuosity, intelligence and delicacy...
MUSICA "5 stelle" award:...Rossini has finally found his pianist.
Channel Classics CCS 13898
Parool:...his play is perfect, elegant...
Luister:...he has discovered a treasure...
Channel Classics CCS 12397
MUSICA "5 stelle" award:...Giacometti knows perfectly what he has to do...
Volkskrant:...he shows he is one of Netherlands' best pianists.
Luister:...A welcome addition, highly recommended.
Channel Classics CCS 10697
Early Music Review:...the quality of the interpretation is arresting...
Diapason:...Une lecture fraîche et légère, très delicate, et imaginative...
Fanfare:...Giacometti is a dedicated Schubertian and a sensitive musician....
(with Bart Schneemann- oboe)Channel Classics CCS 19204 (SACD)
International Record Review: ...I cannot imagine better performances...
Hifi Video Magazine:...a very pleasant music, a wonderful performance...
ONYX4078
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Cello Sonata no.2 in D op.58Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Song without Words in D op.109Frederic Chopin - Waltzes op.64 arr. DavydovFrederic Chopin - Cello Sonata in G minor op.65Pieter Wispelwey once again joins with Paolo Giacometti, in a programme of Chopin and Mendelssohn. However, there is another great musical figure on this disc – the cellist and composer Karl Davydov, who studied with Mendelssohn’s composer friends Ignaz Moscheles and Ferdinand David. Davydov’s brilliant arrangements of the Chopin Waltzes op.64 form a sparkling interlude between Mendelssohn’s virtuosic Second Sonata, and Chopin’s masterful sonata for cello and piano.
Frédéric Chopin - Sonata in G minor, Op. 65Gabriel Fauré - Élegie in C minor, Op. 24; Romance in A, Op. 69; Pièce in A, Op. 77Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano(with Pieter Wispelwey - violoncello)Channel Classics CCS 10797
Diapason d'or:...les deux musiciens parviennent à un rare exploit:...l'illusion d'une merveilleuse fusion.
Volkskant:...A top-level duo...
ONYX4046
Duo in A for cello and piano D574 arr.WispelweySonata in A minor for cello and piano D821 'Arpeggione'Fantasy in C for cello and piano D934 arr.Wispelwey
(with Pieter Wispelwey - violoncello)Channel Classics CCS 09696
Choc du Monde de la Musique:...Un régal, un sommet...
NRC:...Cellist and pianist form an extraordinary duo...
Johannes Brahms - Sonata in D, Op. 78César Franck - Sonata in ARobert Schumann - Adagio und Allegro, Op. 70(with Pieter Wispelwey - violoncello)Channel Classics CCS 18698 (CD) - CCS 18602 (SACD)
BBC Music Magazine:...Paolo Giacometti proves himself an ideal duo partner, unobtrusively inventive and neither diffident nor over-assertive.
Parool:...Cellist Pieter Wispelwey and pianist Paolo Giacometti...the leading duo of the dutch chamber music...