Jonathan Biss – Press

Biss’s Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 (Pathétique) Chosen as Best Recording of that Piece so far This Century in BBC Radio 3’s ‘Building a Library’ feature!

Biss’s interpretations illuminated the intricate dialogues between these compositions, offering the audience a profound journey through time and emotion.​

In a sombre programme, however, it was a relief and delight to hear Jonathan Biss’s light-fingered and witty account of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 2.

Jonathan Biss offering a performance of persuasive elegance and gripping power.

[Biss is an] expert on Beethoven, as this performance demonstrated.

Jonathan Biss’s more reserved approach, harvested a good range of colours and using the sustaining pedal to magical effect at the end of the slow movement.

“If the essence of Jonathan Biss’s Beethoven were to be bottled up, it would be the purest spring water: utterly clear, crisp and fresh.”

“[Biss is] known for his deeply insightful approach to the pillars of the repertoire and a desire to forge connections between that canon and the present…”