Oeuvre: Sonate pour piano no. 13 en mi bémol majeur « quasi una fantasia », Op.27 no. 1

Nicht nur der Pianist, auch Beethoven ging mit diesen vier Sonaten neue Wege.

Exhilarating playing, but speed isn’t everything as Jonathan Biss opens his Beethoven cycle in London.

A recital of incomparable but unrelated works became a lengthy attempt to adapt tempi.