Music Discussion thread

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I wouldn't call the romanticized sadness "pathetic," but the 'haunting' sadness is indeed very much preferable.

I think you misunderstood. This is what I meant by pathetic:

Arousing pity, esp. through vulnerability or sadness.

A lot of pianists use an unreasonable amount of rubato when playing the piece, especially when first approaching the melody and they tend to play the eighth note/sixteenth note motif as two eight notes which lends itself to a Chopin-esque lateness, which I feel is entirely inappropriate in Beethoven (not that I feel people should not be allowed to do it, but I personally do not welcome it). In my opinion, the end result of all this Romantic influence is music that is neither Romantic nor Classical, and it just ends up sounding flimsy and weak.