If you want to get on in society ignore Chopin and play like everyone else. The short answer is no one you hear recorded plays the piece as Chopin wrote it. Why are the harmonies and melodies (specific written note choices) sacred while specific written tempo and note length value ignored soley in order to replicate the sound of ones favourite recording? The concept of rubarto over the last 200 years has changed from something similar to a jazz musician playing outside the time while the beat keeps time into nothing more than a complete disgrade for thr written rhythms. So how do people craft their performance? By mimicking recordings.
Once you reach a certain level the metronome is thrown out the window.
Imo the state of professional level classical performance is in disarray.
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