Julius Asal - Siena Tapes

To mark the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel's birth, Julius Asal brings works by the French composer into a lively dialog with his own improvisations. SIENA TAPES combines Ravel's "Jeux d'eau", "Prélude in A minor", "Menuet sur le nom de Haydn" and "À la manière de Borodine" with Asal's "Prélude (3191) " and "Cascades I-III". The album was recorded in Tuscany on the estate of US producer Rick Rubin and will be released on CD and vinyl. "There are places where you'd like to stay and keep playing, even if the audience has long since gone home," says the pianist. "Somehow I had the impression that the sounds in these walls could resonate forever."