Composer(s): Chopin, Fryderyk
Artist(s): Biret, Idil
Label: Naxos
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.554530
Barcode: 0636943453025
Release Date: 01/2000

CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Vol. 2

“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

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

Tracklist

Chopin, Fryderyk
Biret, Idil (piano)
1Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 103:16
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
2Mazurka No. 28 in B Major, Op. 41, No. 201:11
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
3Mazurka No. 29 in A-Flat Major, Op. 41, No. 301:55
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
4Mazurka No. 30 in G Major, Op. 50, No. 102:41
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
5Mazurka No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 203:08
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
6Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 305:33
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
7Mazurka No. 33 in B Major, Op. 56, No. 105:45
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
8Mazurka No. 34 in C Major, Op. 56, No. 201:29
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
9Mazurka No. 35 in C Minor, Op. 56, No. 307:23
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
10Mazurka No. 36 in A Minor, Op. 59, No. 104:51
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
11Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59, No. 202:51
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
12Mazurka No. 38 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 304:05
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
13Mazurka No. 39 in B Major, Op. 63, No. 102:16
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
14Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor, Op. 63, No. 202:21
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
15Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 302:30
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
16Mazurka No. 42 in G Major, Op. 67, No. 101:18
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
17Mazurka No. 43 in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 202:05
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
18Mazurka No. 44 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 301:21
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
19Mazurka No. 45 in A Minor, Op. 67, No. 402:44
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
20Mazurka No. 46 in C Major, Op. 68, No. 101:50
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
21Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68, No. 203:06
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
22Mazurka No. 48 in F Major, Op. 68, No. 302:03
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
23Mazurka No. 49 in F Minor, Op. 68, No. 402:39
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
24Mazurka No. 50 in A Minor06:17
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
25Mazurka No. 51 in A Minor, "A Emile Gaillard"02:41
Biret, Idil (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:17:19