Composer(s): Chopin, Fryderyk
Artist(s): Biret, Idil
Label: Naxos
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.554527
Barcode: 0636943452721
Release Date: 01/2000

CHOPIN: Ballades / Fantaisie in F Minor / Galop Marquis

“Any complete set of Chopin’s piano works on CD is important. With world-class playing it’s remarkable. And at [bargain price] it’s astonishing. Who’s inspiring the superlatives – Ashkenazy, Pogorelich, Pollini? No: Idil Biret.” – Classic CD

“She is Turkish, from Ankara, … In 15 discs she makes a voyage through the entire work of Chopin, including the least known pieces, with a sharpened technique, fully blooming lyricism and minimised emotional outpouring.” – La Croix

“These are some of the finest recorded sounds I have heard.” – American Record Guide

“Enjoyable and idiomatic, unhurried yet alive and alert to the innumerable incidental beauties of these scores.” – Gramophone

Tracklist

Chopin, Fryderyk
Biret, Idil (piano)
1 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 10:01
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
2 Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 07:41
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
3 Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 07:45
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
4 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 12:19
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
5 Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 04:45
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
6 I. Etude No. 25 in F Minor 02:02
Biret, Idil (piano)
7 II. Etude No. 26 in A-Flat Major 02:31
Biret, Idil (piano)
8 III. Etude No. 27 in D-Flat Major 02:06
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
9 Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49 13:36
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
10 Galop Marquis in A-Flat Major 00:59
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
11 Largo in E-Flat Major, BI 109 02:25
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
12 Marche funebre 05:32
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
13 Cantabile in B-Flat Major 01:09
Biret, Idil (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:12:51