Aaron Copland, though generally a keen admirer of Fauré's music, wrote, "the several Valses-Caprices, in spite of their admirable qualities, seem to me essentially foreign to Faure's esprit.
Aaron Copland, pese a ser un grande admirador da música de Fauré, apunta ao respecto: «os Valses-Caprices, a pesar das súas admirables calidades, parécenme fundamentalmente alleos ao espírito de Fauré.