Tempo Reality Check - Chopin, Nocturne Op. 15 Nr.2 - Feat. Garrick Ohlsson

Chopin's Nocturne in F# Major, opus 15/2 is a piece we all know inside out. And as for many performances, also this Chopin Nocturne is played almost indentically by many pianists. As for instance by Garrick Ohlsson, who's beautiful live performance is taken as an example for this video. Question is, the way we know the piece, is it also what Chopin had in mind? -- Our complete recording of Beethoven's symphonies in Whole Beat: https://www.authenticsound.org/beetho... -- 🙋Join our Patreon community and help us create more content▶  / authenticsound   -- 📩Stay informed! Join our mailinglist (yes we have one too!) 👉http://bit.ly/as-mailinglist -- 📱 Website: ▶http://www.authenticsound.org 0:00 What did Chopin have in mind? 1:01 Why is our current metronome reading problematic? 1:47 Our solution: WBMP 2:26 How can we proof WBMP? 3:38 How can me measure the tempo of a performance? 4:19: Garrick Ohlsson plays in Single Beat at the beginning 4:32 calculating the average of the piece, worth our time? 5:37: the average tempo is 25% slower in this performance 6:20 Why is Ohlsson 25% slower on average 6:48: in Chopin's music, the left hand should be played strictly in time 9:19 issue 1 10:45: issue 2 12:44 issue 3 14:21 issue 4 14:40 issue 5 15:10 The mysterious recording Recording- Video Garrick Ohlsson:    • Chopin Nocturne Op.15 No.2 - Garrick Ohlsson