Ludwig van Beethoven. Works for solo piano.
Raymond Bisha introduces a programme of Beethoven\u2019s music for solo piano that contains some of his most visionary, groundbreaking and memorable works. Drawn from the\xa0Complete Edition\xa0boxed set (Naxos 8.500250), the selected movements from Beethoven\u2019s best-known piano sonatas illustrate his dynamism as a composer/pianist, his gift for flowing melodic beauty, and the range of his emotional variance. The smaller pieces highlight the composer\u2019s command of variation form and, in the case of the\xa0Rondo a capriccio in G major\xa0(Rage over a Lost Penny), his scintillating powers of bravura wit.