The originality of this disc resides in the presentation of two versions of the famous Paganini Caprices by one of the most amazing interpreters of this virtuoso repertoire. This allows us to compare the version of the concert, given in Tokyo on April 19, 2001, with a studio version made in 1997 in Gradignan. The joining of these two versions sheds new light on the interpreter, who plays these pieces in an incredible, noble, intense, and intelligent manner. It sounds like poetry, and one listens to it as if it were a story. What a sound!