4 Impromptus
Frédéric Chopin
Claudio Arrau
1980Gil's top recommendation. Arrau brings 'that romantic sensibility,' playing with a 'very beautiful legato, beautiful tone, beautifully smooth and very powerful.' Very good sound.
Apple Music — Four Impromptus on an album with the Preludes. YouTube — Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66 only.
Arthur Rubinstein
1964A 'little bit more elegant and graceful' interpretation. The 'Fantasy Impromptu' is 'impeccable' in 'the way he varies the moods between the dramatic and the more softer sections.'
Apple Music — Four Impromptus on an album with the Waltzes.Alfred Cortot
early 1930sGil says these works were 'tailor-made for his sense of spontaneity and freedom and imagination.' Features a 'really dramatic fantasy impromptu' and 'fairly clear recording' for its time.