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Impromptu No 3 in G flat major, Op 51
composer
two version exist; final version is recorded by Garrick Ohlsson
Recordings
'Chopin: Nocturnes & Impromptus' (CDA67371/2)
'Chopin: Preludes & Impromptus' (CDH55383)
'Chopin: The Complete Works' (CDS44351/66)
'Grigory Ginzburg – His early recordings – 2' (APR5672)
'Chopin: Nocturnes & Impromptus' (SACDA67371/2)
Chopin: Nocturnes & Impromptus
This album is not yet available for download SACDA67371/2  2CDs Super-Audio CD — 2CDs Deleted  
Details
Track 10 on CDA67371/2 CD2 [5'48] 2CDs
Track 30 on CDH55383 [5'54] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
Track 10 on CDS44351/66 CD7 [5'54] 16CDs Boxed set (at a special price)
Track 9 on APR5672 [6'09]
Track 10 on SACDA67371/2 CD2 [5'48] 2CDs Super-Audio CD — 2CDs Deleted
Impromptu No 3 in G flat major, Op 51
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Chopin’s favourite of these four pieces was the Impromptu in G flat major, Op 51 (1842). It begins rather like the first of the set with triplets in both hands, but is harmonically more adventurous. The ascending scale which appears initially in bar 9 makes our spirits soar. The middle section, however, is what makes this piece very special. The left hand must sing like a cello and capture something of the darkness of the key (E flat minor) while the right hand accentuates the restlessness beneath the surface.

from notes by Angela Hewitt © 2004

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