Paolo Giacometti continues his recording of the piano works of Rossini, and he continues to impress. His playing is lively, clean, and brilliant, exactly what's needed for these works. The sound engineering is perfection itself. Anyone not familiar with the piano music of Rossini is missing a real treat. Witty, sometimes sarcastic, and always honest, these products of Rossini's old age have all the brilliance of his famous operas, but with an added element of gravity and maturity.