Jonathan Biss at Wigmore Hall

The American pianist, Jonathan Biss, plays two of Mozart's mature sonatas alongside pieces from Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path, followed by Schumann's monumental Fantasie in C major, Op.17.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in C minor, K.457

Leos Janáček
On an Overgrown Path (extracts)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in F major, K.533 / 494

Interval

Robert Schumann
Fantasie in C major, Op.17

Jonathan Biss (piano)

Recorded on 19th March at Wigmore Hall in London, and presented by Martin Handley.

Jonathan Biss has held audiences in awe for more than a quarter of a century with interpretations that penetrate deep beneath the surface of the works in his expansive repertoire. The American pianist casts fresh light on pieces from Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path by siting them together with mature Mozart sonatas (and vice versa), before exploring Schumann’s great monument to musical Romanticism.

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