Jonathan Biss - Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9

Jonathan Biss concludes his nine-year, nine-volume exploration of Beethoven�s piano sonatas with a recording for our times, one that asks profound questions about mankind�s fragile existence. The final album in his critically acclaimed cycle, set for release on Orchid Classics, brings together three works that each stand as the last of a group of three sonatas. The American pianist begins with a masterwork of Beethoven�s early creative period, the Sonata No.7 in D major, Op.10 No.3. Its stop-start finale, punctuated by silences, prefaces a compelling interpretation of the Sonata No.18 in E flat major, Op.31 No.3, a work that blends unsettling introspection and playful high spirits. Biss ends his Beethoven odyssey with the Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111, the composer�s farewell to the genre.