Dear forum friends,
in recent days I have listened to (on several occasions...) the complete sonatas and fantasies for piano by Mozart, performed by the great Claudio Arrau. In general, a beautiful sound, and a very precise interpretation that is very pleasant to listen to. This is the video:
There is only one piece that has left me a bit perplexed, namely the famous Allegretto "alla turca" that concludes the sonata in A major K. 331 (in this video it is at 4:13:44). Aside from the fact that Arrau links the sixteenth notes of the groupings two by two (which he also does in other sonatas), the truly strange thing is that in the famous refrain in A major, the left hand seems to execute the repeated notes in an irregular rhythm, almost as if they were two triplets of eighth notes instead of the four eighth notes found in all the scores. Does anyone know the reason for this interpretative choice? Are there things in the original that were then passed down incorrectly in various printed editions?
Hello everyone
Gino (from Rome)
