Jonathan Biss - Piano Sonatas 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Pianist Jonathan Biss's approach to music is a holistic one. In his own words I'm trying to pursue as broad a definition as possible of what it means to be a musician. As well as being one of the world's most sought-after pianists, a regular performer with major orchestras, concert halls and festivals around the globe and co-Artistic Director of Marlboro Music, Jonathan Biss is also a renowned teacher, writer and musical thinker. One of the great Beethoven interpreters of our time, Biss's fascination with Beethoven dates back to childhood and Beethoven's music has been a constant throughout his life. In 2011 Biss released Beethoven's Shadow, the first Kindle eBook to be written by a classical musician. He has subsequently launched Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, Coursera's online learning course that has reached more than 150, 000 subscribers worldwide; and initiated Beethoven/5, a project to commission five piano concertos as companion works for each of Beethoven's piano concertos from composers Timo Andres, Sally Beamish, Salvatore Sciarrino, Caroline Shaw and Brett Dean. The latter will be premiered in February 2020 with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and subsequently performed by orchestras in USA, Germany, France, Poland and Australia. In 2011, he embarked on a nine-year, nine-album project to record the complete cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas. The present album is the first volume in this project, and features the Sonatas Nos. 5, 11, 12, and 26.

Pianist Jonathan Biss's approach to music is a holistic one. In his own words I'm trying to pursue as broad a definition as possible of what it means to be a musician. As well as being one of the world's most sought-after pianists, a regular performer with major orchestras, concert halls and festivals around the globe and co-Artistic Director of Marlboro Music, Jonathan Biss is also a renowned teacher, writer and musical thinker. One of the great Beethoven interpreters of our time, Biss's fascination with Beethoven dates back to childhood and Beethoven's music has been a constant throughout his life. In 2011 Biss released Beethoven's Shadow, the first Kindle eBook to be written by a classical musician. He has subsequently launched Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, Coursera's online learning course that has reached more than 150, 000 subscribers worldwide; and initiated Beethoven/5, a project to commission five piano concertos as companion works for each of Beethoven's piano concertos from composers Timo Andres, Sally Beamish, Salvatore Sciarrino, Caroline Shaw and Brett Dean. The latter will be premiered in February 2020 with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and subsequently performed by orchestras in USA, Germany, France, Poland and Australia. In 2011, he embarked on a nine-year, nine-album project to record the complete cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas. The present album is the third volume in this project, and features the Sonatas Nos. 15, 16, and 21.

Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear's Beethoven concerto cycle of 2020 was met with huge critical acclaim. This September will see a very special; limited production vinyl for Beethoven's final; and arguably greatest piano concerto; the Emperor. Praise for Goodyear's concerto cycle on original InchGoodyear... is a pianist of tremendous clarity and precision. He has a beautiful; silver sound; with perfectly lucid trills that must be the envy of his colleagues.Inch Patrick Rucker; Gramophone; InchWould this deep obsession give his Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos edge or distinction in a crowded market? Yes. The results are fleet-fingered; insightful and imaginative; capturing an essential sense of improvisation in the cadenzas...Inch Fiona Maddocks; The Guardian