Work: Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, Op.111

For Richard Goode, returning to Beethoven’s last piano sonatas is not an extraordinary event, but rather a form of periodic devotion.

Dame Mitsuko Uchida reveals insights into Beethoven's final three piano sonatas that can only come from a lifetime of contemplation.

With only the latest composition by Tristan Murail acting as a palate-cleanser, this was a recital by a leading French pianist that was full of Romantic power and passion in works by Chopin and Beethoven.