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Idil Biret Archive

Best Of Chamber Music / Idil Biret

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Idil Biret
Format
CD
Label
Idil Biret Archive
Released
Mar 12, 2021
Catalog #
8504057
UPC
747313405732

About

Idil Biret’s chamber music performances are relatively rare. Most importantly, she played Beethoven’s violin Sonatas Nos. 5, 7 and 9 with Yehudi Menuhin at the Istanbul Festival in July 1973. In 1975, she played all the five Beethoven cello sonatas with Maurice Gendron. With the London String Quartet, in 1980, Biret played the Schumann and Brahms Piano Quintets at the Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, later at the Istanbul Festival and then recorded the Brahms Quintet as well as the Mahler Piano Quartet with the LSQ. In 2011, she played in concerts and recorded Berlioz’s Harold in Italy in Liszt’s piano transcription and Brahms’ 2nd Viola Sonata with Rusen Gu¨nes. In 2014, she played in concerts and recorded the Schumann Piano Quintet with the Borusan Quartet of Turkey. The same year, she recorded the two cello sonatas of Brahms with Roderic von Bennigsen. Finally, in 2019, Biret played and recorded Mendelssohn’s 1st Piano Trio and the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio with Irina Nikotina and Julya Krepak. These are some of the memorable chamber music performances of her career.

Tracklist 33 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Molto allegro ed agitato 11:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Molto allegro ed agitato
    Duration
    11:20
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Irina Nikotina, Julya Krepak, İdil Biret
  3. 2 II. Andante con moto tranquillo 07:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto tranquillo
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Irina Nikotina, Julya Krepak, İdil Biret
  4. 3 III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace 04:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Irina Nikotina, Julya Krepak, İdil Biret
  5. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato 10:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato
    Duration
    10:28
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Irina Nikotina, Julya Krepak, İdil Biret
  6. 5 Berlioz - Harold en Italie, S472/R138: III. Serenade 07:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    Berlioz - Harold en Italie, S472/R138: III. Serenade
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Ruşen Güneş, İdil Biret
  7. 6 I. Allegro brillante 09:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro brillante
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Borusan Quartet
  8. 7 II. In modo d'una marcia - Un poco largamente 09:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. In modo d'una marcia - Un poco largamente
    Duration
    09:02
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Borusan Quartet
  9. 8 III. Scherzo: Molto vivace - Trio I - Trio II: L'istesso tempo 04:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Molto vivace - Trio I - Trio II: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Borusan Quartet
  10. 9 IV. Allegro, ma non troppo 07:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Allegro, ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Borusan Quartet
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Allegro vivace 09:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    09:56
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Roderic von Bennigsen, İdil Biret
  13. 2 II. Adagio affettuoso 06:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio affettuoso
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Roderic von Bennigsen, İdil Biret
  14. 3 III. Allegro passionato 08:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro passionato
    Duration
    08:18
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Roderic von Bennigsen, İdil Biret
  15. 4 IV. Allegro molto 05:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Roderic von Bennigsen, İdil Biret
  16. 5 I. Allegro non troppo 12:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    12:11
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    London String Quartet
  17. 6 II. Andante un poco adagio 09:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante un poco adagio
    Duration
    09:29
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    London String Quartet
  18. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro 07:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    London String Quartet
  19. 8 IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo 11:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    11:45
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    London String Quartet
  20. 9 Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2: II. Allegro appassionato 05:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2: II. Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ruşen Güneş, İdil Biret
  21. Disc 3
  22. 1 I. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai - Allegro giusto 22:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai - Allegro giusto
    Duration
    22:15
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Irina Nikotina, Julya Krepak, İdil Biret
  23. 2 IIA. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto 22:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    IIA. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
    Duration
    22:15
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Irina Nikotina, Julya Krepak, İdil Biret
  24. 3 IIB. Variazione finale e coda: Allegro risoluto e con fuoco - Andante con moto 15:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    IIB. Variazione finale e coda: Allegro risoluto e con fuoco - Andante con moto
    Duration
    15:14
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Irina Nikotina, Julya Krepak, İdil Biret
  25. 4 Piano Quartet in A Minor 11:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Piano Quartet in A Minor
    Duration
    11:31
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    London String Quartet
  26. Disc 4
  27. 1 I. Allegro 09:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  28. 2 II. Adagio molto espressivo 05:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio molto espressivo
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  29. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 01:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  30. 4 IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 06:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  31. 5 I. Allegro con brio 07:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  32. 6 II. Adagio cantabile 10:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    10:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  33. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro 03:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  34. 8 IV. Finale: Allegro - Presto 05:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro - Presto
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  35. 9 I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto 10:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
    Duration
    10:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  36. 10 II. Andante con variazioni 14:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    14:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret
  37. 11 III. Presto 06:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Yehudi Menuhin, İdil Biret