A reasonable discussion of tempo in the Grave of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata, with performance

Modern performance practice interprets 19th c European music much faster than composers intended. This video looks at the opening to the Pathétique Sonata and presents the case for a slower tempo, adding gravitas back to this beautiful Grave section. Chapters: 0:00 Why is 19th c music played too quickly in modern performance practice 1:45 A twentieth century metronome 4:00 How Grave lost its gravity 5:00 How extremely precise rhythmic notation became mush 5:40 How Beethoven paves the way for Wagner and Mahler 9:15 Performance of the opening Grave