Richard Goode knows Ludwig van Beethoven better than most living people.
Heralded as “one of today’s leading interpreters of classical and romantic music,” pianist Richard Goode is one of only a handful of pianists to complete the project of recording all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. “You get to know them almost as people,” Goode said of the sonatas. Through the sonatas, Goode has also gotten a glimpse into Beethoven himself.
Goode joined IPR in Studio A for a discussion about what Beethoven means to the musical world—and to him personally.