The term "impromptu" suggests that a piece has a casual, offhand quality—perhaps that it's even being improvised on the spot. Sometimes, though, it's just a handy term for a short, stand-alone piece ...
The booklet essay is entitled “Confessions of a Convert”. András Schiff tells how, after initial scepticism, he was won over to playing Schubert on a period fortepiano. He now owns an 1820 instrument ...
Pianist Alon Goldstein plays the Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 3 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Our concert comes from Macalester College, in St. Paul, Minnesota.