4 Impromptus

Frédéric Chopin

Claudio Arrau /

1980

Gil's top recommendation. Arrau brings 'that romantic sensibility,' playing with a 'very beautiful legato, beautiful tone, beautifully smooth and very powerful.' Very good sound.

Arthur Rubinstein /

1964

A '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.'

Alfred Cortot /

early 1930s

Gil 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.