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Idil Biret Archive (IBA) In November 1949, at the age of eight, Idil Biret entered the studios of ORTF (Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française / French Radio and Television Broadcasting) in Paris and made her first recordings. These were works by Couperin, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy. In the following decades she made over eighty LPs and CDs (released on ten record labels - Pretoria, Véga, Decca, Atlantic/Finnadar, Pantheon, EMI, Naxos, Marco Polo, Alpha, BMP) and many recordings for radio and television stations around the world. These included the complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin and Rachmaninov and the Etudes of Ligeti. The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) will bring together as many of her recordings as possible; as the copyrights are obtained, old recordings no longer available commercially will be released together with her new recordings. The transcriptions by Liszt of Beethoven’s Symphonies, originally recorded for EMI, and the newly recorded 32 Sonatas and all the Piano Concertos of Beethoven will be the first to be released on nineteen CDs. Then, all the Piano Concertos of Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Grieg and the nine LPs recorded for Atlantic/Finnadar in New York, including works by Boulez, Webern, Berg, Ravel and Stravinsky will follow. IBA will be distributed worldwide by Naxos on CD and on all major websites digitally. The IBA emblem contains an etching by Albrecht Dürer sent to Idil Biret at Christmas 1959 by Nadia Boulanger with the following words: “To my little Idil. Christmas 1959. May the Angel protect her on the beautiful and dangerous path she has engaged herself in. With all my heart. N.B ”
Idil Biret BEETHOVEN EDITION . 10 Sonatas 9, 10, 13, 14 (Vol. 5) 8.571260 Idil Biret BEETHOVEN EDITION . 10 Complete Piano Sonatas, Concertos and Symphony Transcriptions “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 has been Wilhelm Kempff.” GRAMOPHONE “Idil Biret gives an impressive performance. A supreme mastery of tempi, sonorities, polyphony and technique permits Biret – a disciple of Alfred Cortot – to embrace all the moods of Beethoven and gives her playing a symphonic depth rarely heard until now.” LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR “Idil Biret has recently recorded Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s nine Symphonies for EMI. Her superbly authentic performance of the 5th Symphony, heard at her Herkülessaal recital in Munich, received a thunderous reception.” MŰNCHNER MERKUR Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1 16:24 1 Allegro 07:51 2 Allegretto 04:54 3 Rondo: Allegro comodo 03:39 Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14, No. 2 17.54 4 Allegro 07:33 5 Andante 06:19 6 Scherzo: Allegro assai 04:02 Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27, No. 1 16.00 7 Andante 04:39 8 Allegro molto vivace 02:02 9 Adagio con espressione 03:13 10 Allegro vivace 06:06 Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight) 16.19 11 Adagio sostenuto 06:12 12 Allegretto 02:23 13 Presto agitato 07:44 Recorded: Brussels May 2004 (Op.14) and May 2008 (Op.27) Producer and Engineer: Michel Devos . Piano Steinway Booklet notes: Bill Newman IBA010 8.571260 Playing time 66:37 Manufactured by Sonopress and distributed by & © 2009 Idil Biret Booklet notes in English Made in Germany www.idilbiretarchive.eu Idil Biret BEETHOVEN EDITION . 10 Sonatas 9, 10, 13, 14 (Vol. 5) 8.571260
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