In Impromptus today, I have kind of a travelogue — an odd one (as you’d expect, I know). In the course of these jottings, I mention a visit to Troldhaugen, the home of Grieg, in Greater Bergen (not New Jersey). I also mention his famous piano piece “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen.” I have always thought that the March of the Siamese Children owed something to it.

Anyway, whom to listen to in “Wedding Day”? I consider Emil Gilels, the late Russian pianist, the ultimate in Grieg playing. But you may want to have a listen to Grieg himself — who recorded the piece in 1903. The composer made several recordings in Paris. He was a superb pianist, although the cylinders I have heard do not reveal this.

Do you know that we also have a recording of Brahms? He died in 1897 — and made a little recording in ’89. That’s about as far back as we can go. Caruso seems up-to-the-minute, by comparison.