In November 1949, at the age of eight, Idil Biret entered the studios of ORTF (Radiodiffusion Television Francaise) in Paris and made her first recordings; these were works by Couperin, Bach, Beethoven and Debussy. In the following decades she made nearly 100 LPs and CDs, released on ten record labels (Pretoria, Vega, Decca, Atlantic/Finnadar, Pantheon, EMI, Naxos, Marco Polo, Alpha, BMP) and many recordings for radio and television stations around the world. These included the complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin and Rachmaninov as well as the Sonatas of Boulez and the Etudes of Ligeti. The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) is now bringing together her past and present recording; as the copyrights are obtained, old recordings no longer available commercially are being released together with her new recordings. The transcriptions by Liszt of Beethoven's Symphonies, originally recorded for EMI, and the newly recorded 32 Sonatas and all the Piano Concertos of Beethoven were released by IBA and also made available in a box set. All the Piano Concertos of Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Grieg and the nine LPs recorded for Atlantic/Finnadar in New York which include works by Boulez, Webern, Berg, Ravel and Stravinsky were also released. The present album is a showcase of Turkish Piano Music and is made up of recordings made between 1958 and 2021. IBA is distributed worldwide by Naxos.

Tracklist:

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 34~Deciso-Moderato-Vivo-Animato-Meno mosso-Cadenza: Rubato-Deciso-Moderato-Vivo-Molto vivo
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 34~Andante con moto-Sostenuto-Tempo primo
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 34~Allegro assai
Six Preludes from 12 Preludes on Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45~No. 1
Six Preludes from 12 Preludes on Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45~No. 2
Six Preludes from 12 Preludes on Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45~No. 3
Six Preludes from 12 Preludes on Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45~No. 4
Six Preludes from 12 Preludes on Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45~No. 5
Six Preludes from 12 Preludes on Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45~No. 6
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15~Moderato-Adagio
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15~Largo
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15~Allegro moderato-Scherzo
Ballade, Op. 11
Country Colours, Bk II - Three pieces for piano
Piano Concerto~Allegro
Piano Concerto~Andante
Piano Concerto~Scherzo
Piano Concerto~Andnate-Allegro
Piano Sonata~Allegro
Piano Sonata~Adagio molto sostenuto
Piano Sonata~Allegro
Ostinato - Five Pieces for Children~The Village Band
Ostinato - Five Pieces for Children~Elegy for a Broken Toy
Ostinato - Five Pieces for Children~Cannibal Dance
Ostinato - Five Pieces for Children~The Sad Child
Ostinato - Five Pieces for Children~The Happy Child
6 Preludes~Tocatta
6 Preludes~Siciliano
6 Preludes~Praeludia Canonica
6 Preludes~Due Lirice: Madrigale, Blues
6 Preludes~[Untitled]
6 Preludes~Alle francese
Session
Variations on an Istanbul Folk Song, "Ktibim"
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 64~Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 64~Larghetto
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 64~Allegro
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 57~Allegretto
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 57~Larghetto espressivo
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 57~Allegro
Six Movements for piano, Op. 86~Ecstatic Black Sea Fisherman
Six Movements for piano, Op. 86~Scorpion Wedding
Six Movements for piano, Op. 86~The Wind and the Rose
Six Movements for piano, Op. 86~At the Frontier of the Unknown
Six Movements for piano, Op. 86~Allegro Barbaro
Six Movements for piano, Op. 86~Delana's Lament
Tribute to Franz List, Op. 77
Grand March for Sultan AbdÃ¼lmecid

UPC: 747313405831
Label: Idil Biret Archive
Release Date: 9.10.21
Format: CD

Best Of Turkish Piano Music / Various (4pk) - Best Of Turkish Piano Music / Various (4pk) (CD)