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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117 / Piano Pieces, Opp. 118-119 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "All told, this issue represents a real bargain and deserves the strongest recommendation" Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 76 / Rhapsodies, Op. 79 / Fantasies, Op. 116 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "This is all impressively characterized Brahms playing, and the recording does not lack sonority." Penguin Guide |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "a commanding and intelligent account of the C major Sonata" Penguin Guide |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Theme and Variations / Sarabandes / Gavottes Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "I have admired all the discs in Idil Biret's Brahms series and make no exception for this one" Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Variations, Opp. 9, 24 and 35 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "This gifted Turkish-born, French-trained pianist is a strong Brahms player" Fanfare |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Variations, Op. 21 / 5 Piano Studies Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] Johannes Brahms was born on 7th May 1833 in the Gängeviertel district of Hamburg, the son of Johann Jakob Brahms, a double-bass player, and his wife, a seamstress seventeen years his senior. As was natural, he was at first taught music by his father,... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin Preludes / Barcarolle, Op. 60 / Bolero, Op. 19 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] Chopin showed an early talent for music. He learned the piano from his mother and later with the eccentric Adalbert Zywny, a violinist of Bohemian origin, and as fiercely Polish as Chopin's father. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Polonaises, Vol. 1 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "bringing strong nationalistic drama and pathos to each number" CD Review |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Ballades / Fantaisie in F Minor / Galop Marquis Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] Fryderyk Chopin was born near Warsaw in 1810, the son of Nicolas Chopin, a Frenchman drawn by chance to Poland through the assistance and kindness of a Polish estate administrator in France, who, on his return to Poland, had taken young Nicolas with |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 15 Misc Works Pno/Orc Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Volume 4 - Mazurkas Vol.2 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes Vol.1 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos Chopin Edition / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes Vol.2 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: v.8 Polonaises Vol.1 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes (Selection) Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Among forms that Chopin made his own was the Nocturne, at one time synonymous with the Serenade, but with the Irish pianist John Field and Chopin, his successor, a lyrical piano piece offering, nominally at least, a poetic vision of the night. Field... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Idil Biret - Piano Music For Children Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "This is perhaps the highlight of Idil Biret's apt triptych of suites of piano music for children. She has the full measure of Tchaikovsky's two dozen vignettes and plays them all with affection and charm." Penguin Guide |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, Opp. 33 and 39 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "her playing is expressive, mesmerizing, and deeply satisfying" American Record Guide |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor / Variations on a Theme of Corelli / Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/1991 ] Rachmaninov left Russia in 1917. From then until his death in Beverly Hills in 1943, he was obliged to rely largely on performance for a living. Now there was very much less time for composition, as he undertook demanding concert tours, during which... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op.23 / 5 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Biret's great strength, slow tempos, and dense textures allow her to convey its (the music's) color and drama very effectively...there is much to be learned from Biret's performances." American Record Guide |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op.32 (with Kreisler: Kreisler - Liebesleid and Liebesfreud) Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "The two Kreisler transcriptions are nostalgic and brilliant." CD Review |