Here's an unusual… project. In… listening to these two discs (same programme, different instruments) I was struck by the similarity of the interpretations, despite some minor differences concerning vibrato and the use of the sustaining pedal. A comparison between the two discs... is highly illuminating. The modern instruments have some clear advantages - the piano's greater sustaining power and wider dynamic range, and smoother, more easily controllable tone in the violin's high register. But most of the time I prefer the old instruments' the easier blend of the violin and piano, the greater clarity, the more colourful range of sonorities.