Someone
told me about this edition for Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu in C# minor
Op 66. It's edited by Maurice Hinson and includes Chopin's original
manuscript as well as the Fontana edition.
The Foreword includes
the context in which the FI was composed, notes about the Fontana
edition, and notes from Hinson about performing his piece and practice
techniques. I plan to write more about this book and Hinson's notes in
my blog soon.
The main differences between Chopin's original ms
and the Fontana version is in bars 13 - 24. In the Fontana version, you
have the thumbs accented for bars 13 - 16, then the 5th finger accented
for the off beats from bars 17 - 24. The original has no accents but the
first note of each 16th note group is held as a quarter note. There are
other differences as well.
Since Arthur Rubenstein was mentioned
as the Chopinist in this book, I found his YouTube performance of this
piece, which was of the original version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twIQYQgPzaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twIQYQgPzaE
In Hinson's opinion,
this piece is usually played too fast, as an exercise in velocity rather
than as the poetic expression of two contrasted moods - that of the
Allegro Agitato and a broadly lyrical middle section.
This edition may be purchased here:
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