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Topic: Kings regarding tempi (Read 1519 times)

stormx

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Kings regarding tempi

on: May 30, 2006, 02:39:56 PM

Among great pianists (alive or dead), who are, in your opinion:

1- The king of slow tempos.

2- The king of fast tempos.

What i mean is the tendency of the pianist to adopt slower or faster tempos than usual. For instance, Arrau is a good candidate for 1), and Argerich for 2), in my opinion.

PD: could be a queen, of course

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nicco

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Re: Kings regarding tempi

Reply #1 on: May 30, 2006, 03:45:04 PM

Hmm slow tempos i think of horowitz (2nd movements from mozart sonatas, schumann, scriabin etc) as a superb interpreter of slow pieces. Fast i think about dmitris sugouros, i have never heard anyone else play things as fast as him (the 2nd chopin ballade is off the scale) and volodos.

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