Chopin's Prelude Op. 28 No. 7

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Fellow pianists,

It has occurred to me that this piece has so many interpretations. A lot, and some sound better that others. I have concurred that it varies from 40 seconds (Cortot and Pollini) to one minute and ten or more seconds (Igoshina, Pogorelich). I very much dislike the latter, because it is painfully slow and it can make it seem too dramatic and dreamy, while I think of it more as a small little treat, a mazurka. It is in fact marked with andantino. I am currently learning this piece.

Cortot does something with this piece which is to bring it to life. I don't know how, but he makes it seem more happy that others, less of a lullaby, and more like an afternoon after la siesta, sipping some coffee while the elder relative plays us a nice little diddy.

Can anyone agree???

Also, anyone want to tell me how you interpret it? Like me and Cortot (I am saying I like his interpretation) or the latter?