Composer(s): Chopin, Fryderyk
Artist(s): Biret, Idil
Label: Naxos
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.554539
Barcode: 636943453926
Release Date: 02/1995

CHOPIN, F.: Waltzes Nos. 1-19 / Ecossaises, Op. 72 / Tarantelle, Op. 43 (Biret)

“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)
1Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1805:33
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
2Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34, No. 105:48
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
3Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 205:33
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
4Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 302:28
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
5Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 4203:50
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
6Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"01:48
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
7Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 203:57
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
8Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 303:03
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
9Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu"05:02
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
10Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 204:04
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
11Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 102:42
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
12Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 202:59
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
13Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 302:58
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
14Waltz No. 16 in A-Flat Major, Op. posth.01:12
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
15Waltz No. 15 in E Major, Op. posth.02:40
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
16Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth.02:53
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
17Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, Op. posth.01:50
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
18Waltz No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. posth.02:10
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
19Waltz No. 17 in E-Flat Major, Op. posth.02:20
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
20Contredanse in G-Flat Major02:06
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
21No. 1 in D Major00:53
Biret, Idil (piano)
22No. 2 in G Minor00:39
Biret, Idil (piano)
23No. 3 in D-Flat Major00:48
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
24Tarantelle, Op. 4303:02
Biret, Idil (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:10:18