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Technically, it turns out, most performers do not play the main motif correctly. They just don’t properly combine the triplets with the dotted quaver.
I doubt everyone who just comes up with a statement like "they all got it wrong". They didn't. Everyone does it his or her way and most renditions of professional pianists are fine. A matter of taste of course, but still.
The article is unreliable in many aspects, but still itneresting. He argues for slowest possible tempo of the first movement, but he omits Andras Schiff's argument that the piece should actually go much faster than usual. Schiff is another who tends to make his argument, "Everyone else plays it wrong." So it is nice to see two people, both using the same lexicon, in total disagreement.Walter Ramsey
If a notation program plays the rhythm mathematical correct, it sounds wrong!
I don't think so. Assuming a crotchet = 52bpm, which is my preferred tempo, it sounds perfectly correct!
About the issue of the polyrhythm: there is one gigantic issue that I have and it isn't with the dotted quaver motive. It's about that 'hiccup' in the accompaniment as performers take that extra time to play the semi-quaver. That is utterly annoying and very obviously incorrect! I have yet to hear one recording or performance where this issue is not an issue.But I understand, as well. It's difficult to perform it correctly without the 'hiccup' but there still shouldn't be a hiccup.
The article is unreliable in many aspects, but still itneresting. He argues for slowest possible tempo of the first movement, but he omits Andras Schiff's argument that the piece should actually go much faster than usual.