Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Waltzes Op 39

"The Turkish-born pianist Idil Biret…is a wonderful Brahmsian in this literature. She has a big, firm technique that conveys authority; she is at home in all styles, whether in the strictly rhythmic and articulated Baroque-style dance pieces, or the lilting sing of the Viennese waltz, or the abandon and folksy lushness of the Hungarian dance. It takes a very solid command of the keyboard for two hands to sound like four in producing the sonority Brahms had in his ear, and Biret has that command." Fanfare