Work: Piano Sonata no. 13 in E flat major "quasi una fantasia", Op.27 no.1

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.

Superb pianism in unexpected repertoire from Paul Lewis, while the Beethoven with which he made his name doesn't quite stack up.