Conversastion: Pianist Jonathan Biss

Name: Conversastion: Pianist Jonathan Biss
Uploaded: 2012-02-10T16:00:00Z
Duration: P454S
Description: Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas remain landmarks in music history, works that pianists in every generation have felt the desire, the inspiration, the need to take on. A new recording by Jonathan Biss is recently out, the first of nine to be released over nine years, that will eventually include the entire cycle.

Clip: 02/10/2012 | 7m 34s

Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas remain landmarks in music history, works that pianists in every generation have felt the desire, the inspiration, the need to take on. A new recording by Jonathan Biss is recently out, the first of nine to be released over nine years, that will eventually include the entire cycle.

Aired: 02/10/12

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