Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin Impromptu No. 1 in A flat, Op. 29

[Peachtree7799]

Wonderful!



[ChopinLover96]

Just wondering what an approximate grade is for this piece and/or if this is of a similar standard to scuberts impromptu in a flat Op90 No4 which im just finishing and polishing

[Negoti8tor01]

@ChopinLover96 Yes, this is a similar grade and level to Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90 No. 4. I am currently in the middle/end of this piece, and if you just did Schubert, I would do this, since Schubert has a harder right hand, Chopin has a diffucult left hand since it's jumping around from bottom to top. I'm planning to play the one you're playing now after I'm done with this one, or during/ Hope this helps!

[marraclan9]

Im playing it.. It actually *is a flat

[UpnDownMusic]

hahaha this is not a flat

[MrDuypianist]

I listen to Chopin whenever I feel....

[doris66419]

This music is too awesome!!! thank's for posing!!!really really great!!:))

[anonymousQ45]

sounds more like g minor

[612curtis]

Wow Arthur Rubinstein has some amazing recordings! This is an amazing piece to listen to at 20 past 12 at night the day before their maths GCSE haha =D

[BachRocks314]

What a musician. Wow.

[hamandpizza]

what grade is this?

[madEternity]

it sonds magicly

[BLOP888]

Really lovely

[twgirl1]

超好聽的^^好棒喔~

[EvgenyPenchev]

when i listen to any of his impromptu it is like listening to some romantic prelude to jazz

[1Thompsonmusic]

Please listen to my Chopin Prelude in A major.

[EvgenyPenchev]

@1Thompsonmusic Thank you!

[schmitty135]

This is by far the best interpretation and playing of this piece. No one can come close to Rubinstein.

[dalecampbl9]

Chopin, the immortal bard of the piano...greatest poet of piano...only Beethoven s a chance to rival Chopin

[s900203]

@dalecampbl9 That's an overstatement... Chopin is incredible, but we also have Lizst, Rachmaninoff, etc..

[dalecampbl9]

when it comes to compositions, Chopin leaves Liszt in the dust...Rachmaninoff has hits greats, but I don't think his compositions are as beautiful...but it's all taste anyways...no definitive rule

[FlyingBanana1024102]

@dalecampbl9 you can't just condemn liszt and rachmaninoff to the dust! both liszt's concerto and rach2 are awesome stuff and there are other great ppl too lk shostakovich and prokofiev! Altho personally i do like chopin but that doesn't mean others are worthless.

[dalecampbl9]

wait. I said Chopin leaves Liszt and Rach in the dust, but that doesn't mean Liszt and Rach are in the dust, but only when compared to CHOPIN.

[boobtuber06]

@dalecampbl9 beethoven in the comparitive sense of piano composition?- hardly

[dalecampbl9]

@boobtuber06 i look at it this way. Beethoven's piano solo works are GREAT, no doubt, but they are not as inherently pianistic as Chopin's works. Beethoven's works for solo piano are like symphonies for piano. that's what I mean. Chopin's works are just so intrinsically pianistic, so fitting for piano.

[FaithIsAnnoyed]

@dalecampbl9 I'm curious....how much of Liszt have you actually listened to? Before you make such statements, you should have listened to every single piano composition Liszt composed, and I doubt you would still feel the same way if you have. Chopin is a poet of the piano, but Liszt took the art further.

[dalecampbl9]

fair question: only Piano Sonata, 3 Liebestraus, 6 Consolations, Religious et Poetiqu Harmonies, excerpts of his Soiree Annes/ 2 piano concertos, most of his transcendental etudes, most of his hungarian dances (piano versions of course)...impromptu F-sharp, that one short tonally ambivalent solo piano work...hmm...Variations on atheme by Frederick of Prussia? something like that....hm...that';s all i can think of for now

[Tubztele]

lol you have this recording.. thats frickin awesome.. what a piece of art collection

[TweetyRock1]

I took piano classes for about 5 months a couple years back and I had to stop for some personal reasons, but my teacher handed me the sheet music of this before I left and said, "I want you to learn this completely before we see each other again" D: At first I was like, "What?!" but when I heard her play it it sounded so beautiful I couldn't help but practice it everyday since then. Chopin is probably my favourite of all piano composers :)

[nemoyoutu]

I think the speed is just good.

Fast enough, but not that fast as many today's pianists, when you cannot event hear the notes.

You can feel that Rubinstein is taking pleasure playin it !! :)

[apr2480]

fantastic



[katerinasemionovna]

I love Chopin

[4w4ndres]

Muito bom!

[Troybeallad]

I once sat a Steck Pianola, pumped the pedals and this Impromptu came out.

[tigbandable]

Love it

[prince7777princess]

great!

[edtskyline]

Wow!! Exelente interpretacion =D!! Así es Rubinstein =D!! Al igual que su discípula Dubravka Tomsic.

[herogaines]

Beautiful

[taisukigs]

so sweet!

[QuikSapphire]

cool