Gotcha, bud.

@@Rach-Fanatic Are you serious? Who is saying that? Edit: Nevermind, I found a Johnjolo

@@LamondFan haha I can’t remember any exact names, but there are a lot…

Pabst plays the A section at ~380BPM!!!! It's almost the same speed as the minute waltz in a minute guy. The only reason his recording Pabst's recording isn't a minute is because he slows down by more than 100BPM in the B section and adds an extra 20 second section to the piece.

MORON

Most 78rpm records could only contain 3 to 5 minutes of music per side. Abridgements were therefore frequently used to meet this technical constraint.

Well all of Lamond's fellow students do play the first movement at around the same tempo, plus many other recordings and piano rolls from the era keep within 4-5.5 minutes. I do think he might be rushing to fit the mvt within the time limit alloted to old 78s, but not by much. Otherwise he would've just spread it out amongst 2 discs like he did for the 3rd mvt here. In his electric recording where time would've been less of an issue, he only takes an extra 20 seconds. Lamond played Liszt's flashier pieces slower than most, but that was because it's what his master had preferred for those works. Beethoven in contrast was usually taken at much greater speeds during the 19th century by most pianists, including Lamond. Athough I really don't have the best ear, I do not hear anything in the record that would suggest that it is playing too quickly, and I trust Marston's expertise in transferring records.

This tempo is just perfect. It is written in cut time 2/2. Most people play it in 4/4.

@@d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t It was going to be the next Rosenthal video I'd do after Soirees de Veinne.

It is done.