[ Naxos Idil Biret Edition VOl. 17 / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 2 February 2011
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"Biret grasps the size of Beethoven's style. The polyphony is laid out in a relaxed way with little indulgence in point making. She keeps the big line and yet is thankfully sparing in her use of fortissimos. The piano tone is sumptuous. Biret's gentle and almost sensuous sonorities are really captivating. One is reminded that her mentor is Wilhelm Kempff."
(Gramophone)
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22