Beethoven - Symphony No 5 Op 67 - Historical Tempo Reconstruction - Noteperformer

Beethoven’s 5th symphony, doubtlessly one of history most known compositions. What did Beethoven hear, seconds before he started to note down this fabulous piece? We will never ever be able to fully reconstruct that. But what if we took all his indications a bit more serious? As for instance (reed further below) 0:00 i. Allegro con brio (half = 108) 12:30 ii. Andante con moto (eighth = 92) 25:59 ii. Piu moto (eighth = 116) 28:42 iii. Scherzo. Allegro (dotted half = 96) 37:13 iv. Allegro (half = 84) 48:31 iv. Tempo I (from Scherzo) (dotted half = 96) 49:38 iv. Allegro (half = 84) 56:50 iv. Presto (whole = 112) 4-hand version of Beethoven 5 in transcription Carl Czerny: -- 🙋We need YOU to continue at full speed!▶ -- ...his own tempo indications? They are super fast indeed, and many of those don’t make any sense. At least if you read those metronome marks as we do today. If