Chopin Fantasie Impromptu 1st Draft (1834) Rubinstein 1951

[Isospinsymmetries]

Are you fucking kidding me, this 1951 recording is outstanding compared to the 1964 version. Aesthetic approbation is virtually impossible but this surpasses the magnificent.

[KiddCall]

I heard that this is because this piece was also very similar to beethoven Moonlight Sonata !!!

[ImmortalSpecies]

@KiddCall Yes the downgoing cadenza at 0:10 has the exact same notes.

[audiomagman]

WONDERFUL!!!

[jamespianomanh]

I understood Chopin was relunctant to publish this piece because he deemed it immature, transparent and naive?!? Am I correct at all?

[Firejack95]

I prefer the C-Sharp Minor version. To be more specific I'll give the whole name

Impromptu No.4, Op.66, fantasie-impromptu in C-sharp minor

[MrRicksStudio]

@Firejack95 I don't know what drugs you are smoking, but both versions are in C sharp minor.

[tonyngjichun]

@jamespianomanh

it was becoz this piece very similar in structure compared to any composer'e piece, therefore Chopin refused to publish it at all

[TomBarrister]

Yes, and at 64, he was STILL at the height of his powers, something that didn't begin to change for another 10 years, when his sight and hearing started to fail him.

[zamyrabyrd]

In 1951, a person born in 1887 would be 64 years young.

[wildejag]

I'm working on this now. I am very happy to have found this recording.

[Valkyrie91a]

This is great! Where did you find this recording? I love the younger Rubinstein's playing and being able to compare it to the later more mature Arthur. Thanks so much for putting this up!