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The Great Recordings of Scenes from Childhood

The Great Recordings of Scenes from Childhood

Recently I decided to relearn a piece of classical piano music that I had performed in recital some years before, the Träumerei from Scenes from Childhood by Robert Schumann.

How Martha Argerich uses Chopin and Tempo Rubato

How Martha Argerich uses Chopin and Tempo Rubato

When I returned to the piano after a 25-year hiatus, I struggled with tempo rubato. I could not conceive how to inject my music with these mysterious elongations and compressions in the tempo.