“Idil Biret’s repertory which extends from Bach to Boulez and Ligeti, including complete works of Chopin, Brahms and Rachmaninov, has an impressive dimension and also diversity. Massenet and Franck now enrich the discography of this pianist with untiring curiosity…One returns to familiar territory with the Variations symphoniques and Les Djinns of Franck. There again, Idil Biret demonstrates a taste that avoids any excess, any facility which these pages may lend itself to.” Jean Roy, LE MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE (France) 2006

“In the Symphonic Variations the orchestra set the mood of romantic lyricism which permeates Biret’s relaxed approach, full of imaginative touches leading to that elysian variation where the piano ruminates in tranquility over the bewitching soliloquy from the lower strings. Les Djinns (inspired by a Victor Hugo poem, Les Orientals) open lugubriously…the piano enters with great dash to chase the phantoms away, and now it is Biret’s easy virtuosity that carries the music forward, with warm lyrical contrast, and fragile but glittering dexterity in the delectable coda where the apparitions are banished by gentleness and purity. I greatly enjoyed these performances and hope there will be more recordings from these artists.” Ivan March, GRAMOPHONE (UK) 2006

“Idil Biret did not only interpret works by César Franck (Variations symphoniques) and Franz Liszt (Concerto No. 1), but she reincarnated them. One had the feeling that the composers themselves were playing through her.” ILTA SANOMAT – Helsinki (Finland) 1964