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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 8

3/6/2020, 11 Tracks, 1:03:41

Featuring

  • Jonathan Biss
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in June 2018 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The piano used for this recording is a Steinway & Sons instrument.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jonathan Biss embarked on a nine-year, nine-album project in 2011 to record the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jonathan Biss, the pianist on this album, is also a renowned teacher, writer, and musical thinker, serving as co-Artistic Director of Marlboro Music.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jonathan Biss comes from a musical family; his parents are violist and violinist Paul Biss and violinist Miriam Fried, and his grandmother, cellist Raya Garbousova, had a cello concerto composed for her by Samuel Barber.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jonathan Biss was the first American to be named a BBC New Generation Artist and has received numerous other awards, including the Leonard Bernstein Award.

Source: Booklet

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