Meyer and Thile's energy and interplay (in that video) makes me want to laugh, cheer and bounce around.
Understandably.
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I've probably posted this one before, it's a heavy favorite. Interestingly, while I tend to think of it as something of a masterpiece, the one I've linked below, and which I love, is not Chopin's final version.
This one was written in 1834 and published after his death in 1855. However in 1960, another version was discovered that was dated by Chopin in 1835. That later version has a longer middle section, repeating parts of that section. But the earlier version is performed much more often.
In this particular recording, I love the sound of the piano, the way it is mic'd and recorded, and the approach and playing of the musician.
It is the middle section, with its beautiful yet simple initial melody, that is so moving for me; and it is the fiery and thunderous first section that sets up the middle section. Then the first section returns in all its power, and in its wake, that gentle melody of the middle section returns in a lower register as the piece closes.
Chopin's
Fantasie Impromptu
