Composer(s): Chopin, Fryderyk
Artist(s): Biret, Idil
Label: Naxos
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.554531
Barcode: 0636943453124
Release Date: 05/1999

CHOPIN, F.: Nocturnes, Vol. 1 (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

“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)
1Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 105:35
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
2Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 204:31
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
3Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 306:26
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
4Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 104:16
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
5Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 203:49
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
6Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 304:36
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
7Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 105:42
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
8Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 206:16
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
9Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32, No. 104:59
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
10Nocturne No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32, No. 204:23
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
11Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, Op. posth.02:55
Biret, Idil (piano)
Biret, Idil (piano)
12Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. post.03:59
Biret, Idil (piano)

Total Playing Time: 57:27