Though we use modern instruments, I think our recording is overall more authentic and transparent sounding than harmonia mundi's. Coin's playing is very larmoyant , quite old-fashioned. It takes us back to the style of the 1920s and 1930s, not back to the 19th century. He uses lots of nervous vibrato. I prefer a purer sound with little or no vibrato.
Awards are very gratifying.
Commercially, the best thing is to get all the awards for one recording. At this very moment somewhere over the South Atlantic there is a cello flying to me. It will land in Rome and I'll pick it up there after my Montreal performances. I can't tell you any more about it except that it is a Contino cello, quite rare and valuable. I can't afford to buy it myself but it belongs to an organisation that will loan it to me if I can find a sponsor.