Composer(s): Chopin, Fryderyk
Conductor(s): Stankovsky, Robert
Artist(s): Biret, Idil
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.554540
Barcode: 0636943454022
Release Date: 09/1999

CHOPIN, F.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Biret, Slovak State Philharmonic, Stankovsky)

“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)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
1I. Allegro maestoso21:28
Biret, Idil (piano)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
2II. Romance: Larghetto11:40
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Biret, Idil (piano)
3III. Rondo: Vivace10:24
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Biret, Idil (piano)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Biret, Idil (piano)
4I. Maestoso14:14
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Biret, Idil (piano)
5II. Larghetto09:23
Biret, Idil (piano)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
6III. Allegretto vivace08:29
Biret, Idil (piano)
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice (Orchestra)
Stankovsky, Robert (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:15:38