Pollini's Chopin recordings rightfully belong to the pinnacle of piano playing. And they are simply marvelous. In this series however we try to figure out how close (or far) they are to (or from) what Chopin intended. Checking the tempo is crucial since the tempo dictates many aspects of a performance including the character of the piece, something the composer definitely cared about.
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0:00 How do we know what Chopin intended?
3:05 Which methods we have to check tempo
4:02 Average tempo Pollini compared to Chopin
4:32 Opening tempo Pollini compared to Chopin
5:45 bar 29-36
6:48 bar 23-29
7:33 bar 49-57
8:18 bar 57-60
9:10 bar 61-62
11:49 Annick Goetler and Pollini synchronized
13:11 The score is important