Conversation: Pianist Jonathan Biss

Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas remain landmarks in music history, works that pianists in every generation have felt the desire, the inspiration, the need to take on. A new recording by Jonathan Biss is recently out, the first of nine to be released over nine years, that will eventually include the entire cycle. Biss has also written a long essay about the project, titled ["Beethoven's Shadow,"](http://www.amazon.com/Beethovens-Shadow-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B006MHF95G) which was released in Amazon's Kindle Singles series. I spoke to Biss last week: **A transcript will be posted soon.**