SIENA TAPES

When Julius Asal was invited to give a recital in the Chapel of the Sun on US producer Rick Rubin’s estate in the Tuscan province of Siena, he found himself fascinated by the ancient building’s atmosphere and acoustic. “There are places where you would like to continue playing even after the audience has gone home,” he recalls. “Somehow I had the impression that the sounds in those walls could echo forever.” He had found the recording location for his second Deutsche Grammophon album, SIENA TAPES, a follow-up to last year’s Scriabin – Scarlatti.