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“By the already absurd standards of contemporary concert pianism, Biss’s touch is in a class of its own.”
Discography
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![Black and white album cover featuring a close-up portrait of a man with glasses, text indicating Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor performed by Caroline Shaw, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malin Broman, produced by Orchid Classics.]()
Beethoven/5 Vol 5: Beethoven 'Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor' / Caroline Shaw: 'Watermark'
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![A portrait of a man with dark hair and beard wearing glasses and a rust-colored sweater, with text mentioning Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major and Salvatore Sciarrino's Il Sogno di Stradella, along with names Jonathan Biss, Omer Meir Wellber, and Malin Bromann, and labels for Orchid Classics and a Christmas music compilation.]()
Beethoven/5 Vol 4: Beethoven 'Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58' / Salvatore Sciarrino 'Il Sogno di Stradella'
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![A man with glasses and dark hair wearing a cream-colored sweater, leaning against a wall in an indoor setting. The image features a music album cover text indicating Beethoven piano concerto no.2 in B-flat Major, performed by Timo Andres 'The Blind Banister' with Jonathan Biss, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Pekka Kuusisto. The top right corner displays the Organic Classics logo.]()
Beethoven/5 Vol 3: Beethoven 'Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major' / Timo Andres 'The Blind Banister'
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![Music album cover featuring a man with glasses and a brown shirt, performing a conducting gesture against a black background. Text indicates Beethoven 5, Volume 2, and details of a recording of Beethoven's Concerto No. 1 in C Major conducted by Omer Meir Wellber with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, performed by Jonathan Biss, part of Orchid Classics.]()
Beethoven/5 Vol 2: Beethoven 'Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15' / Sally Beamish 'City Stanzas'
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![Cover image for a music album featuring a portrait of a man with glasses, dark hair, and a beard, wearing a plaid blazer and scarf, with text about Beethoven's fifth symphony and other classical pieces.]()
Beethoven/5 Vol 1: Beethoven 'Emperor' concerto / Brett Dean 'A Winter's Journey'
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![Album cover featuring Jonathan Biss looking down, wearing glasses and a dark sweater, promoting Beethoven's complete piano sonatas, produced by Orchid Classics.]()
Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas
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![Album cover featuring a portrait of a man with glasses, dark hair, and a beard, against a dark background. The text includes 'Jonathan Biss', 'Beethoven', and notes about piano sonatas and violin sonatas, with a logo in the top right corner.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 9)
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![Album cover featuring a man with dark hair and glasses wearing a black shirt, standing against a dark background. Text shows 'Jonathan Biss, Beethoven, Piano Sonatas Vol. 8, Nos. 8, 10, 22 & 31, Orchid Classics'.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 8)
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![Cover of a music album featuring a large image of the sun with text overlaid, including titles, composers, performers, and record labels.]()
Bernard Rands: Orchestral Works
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![Album cover featuring a man with glasses and a beard, wearing a dark sweater and a collared shirt against a black background. Text indicates it is Jonathan Biss playing Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 7, Nos 2, 17, 20, and 30, released by Orchid Classics.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 7)
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![Album cover featuring a portrait of Jonathan Biss, an American man with dark glasses and facial hair, wearing a black sweater over a collared shirt, on a black background. Text on the cover indicates it's Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 6, Nos 9, 13 & 29, part of Orchid Classics label.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 6)
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![Album cover featuring a portrait of pianist Jonathan Biss with closed eyes, wearing a dark blazer and glasses, against a dark background, for Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 5, Nos. 3, 25, 27, and 28, released by Orchid Classics.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 5)
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![Cover of Beethoven piano sonatas album by Jonathan Biss, featuring a portrait of a man with dark hair and beard wearing glasses and a dark shirt, looking to the right against a dark background. Includes text with album details and logos.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 4)
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![Album cover featuring a portrait of Jonathan Biss with glasses and dark hair, wearing a dark sweater and a collared shirt, standing against a black background with white text about Beethoven and Orchis Classics.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 3)
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![Album cover featuring a man with glasses and a beard, wearing a purple shirt, looking down, with text about Beethoven piano sonatas by Jonathan Biss, and the Orchid Classics logo.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 2)
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![Portrait of Jonathan Biss, an American pianist, with text indicating a live performance of works by Schumann and Janáček at Wigmore Hall.]()
Schumann, Janáček and Berg
Amazon ◦ Apple Music ◦ Spotify ◦ Wigmore Hall
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![Cover of a music album titled 'Schumann & Dvořák' featuring a blurred image of four people walking outdoors on grass, with the text indicating piano quartets by Jonathan Biss and Elias String Quartet.]()
Schumann: Piano Quintet; Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2
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![Album cover featuring a portrait of Jonathan Biss with glasses, dark hair, and a serious expression, wearing a dark shirt, with text about Beethoven's piano sonatas on the left and the Orchid Classics logo on the top right.]()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Vol. 1)
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![Album cover featuring composer Franz Schubert and pianist Jonathan Biss, with a photo of Biss smiling next to a piano, and a logo for Wigmore Hall Live in the top left corner.]()
Schubert: Piano Sonatas
Amazon ◦ Apple Music ◦ Spotify ◦ Wigmore Hall
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![Album cover featuring a portrait of Jonathan Biss, a man with glasses and dark hair, with text indicating it is a piano concertos 21 and 22 by Mozart, performed by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, published under EMI Classics.]()
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 22
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![A man wearing glasses and a dark coat with a scarf stands on a city street at night. He has his hands clasped together in front of his chest. The background features blurred streetlights and moving cars, with the logo for Warner Classics in the upper right corner. Overlaid text at the bottom reads: 'Jonathan Biss, Beethoven, Piano Sonatas 8 'Pathétique', 15 'Pastoral', 27 & 30.']()
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27, & 30
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![Album cover featuring a man with dark hair and glasses standing outdoors near a blue wall with tree branches. The text on the cover includes "Schumann Jonathan Biss" and "Fantasie · Kreisleriana · Arabeske," with an "EMI Classics" logo in the top right corner.]()
Schumann: Fantasie ◦ Kreisleriana ◦ Arabeske
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![Book cover featuring an older man with gray hair, blue eyes, and a blue shirt, with the text 'Leon Kirchner Works for Solo Piano' and names of other pianists.]()
Leon Kirchner: Works for Solo Piano
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![Album cover featuring a young man sitting by a fireplace, with the title 'Beethoven / Schumann Jonatham Biss Piano Works' and a Warner Classics logo.]()
Piano Works
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“Those who enjoy listening to Biss speak through the keys will discover the same narrative current running through his writing.”
Bibliography
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![Cover of an audiobook titled "Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven" by Jonathan Biss, featuring a man in glasses and a suit playing a grand piano.]()
Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven
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![Book cover for 'Coda' by Jonathan Biss with the title vertically displayed and a circular image of people within the letter O.]()
Coda
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![Book cover titled 'A Pianist Under the Influence' by Jonathan Biss, featuring an image of a grand piano on a textured beige background, with a red publisher's logo in the bottom right corner.]()
A Pianist Under the Influence
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![Book cover titled 'Beethoven's Shadow' by Jonathan Biss, featuring a black musical notation sketch and a red vertical banner with 'ROSETTABOOKS' in yellow.]()
Beethoven's Shadow
