Speedy Beet

A podcast episode on whether Beethoven's Fifth is played at the correct tempo. It's a treat to hear it played at a much faster, breathless tempo, feels like an entirely different piece of music.

Additional discussions on whether Beethoven's metronome was broken:

(2009) https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/14/beethoven

(2011) https://thebeethovenproject.com/how-fast-shall-we-play/

AMS paper on whether the weight arm was off:

https://thebeethovenproject.com/notices/201309/rnoti-p1146.p...