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Idil Biret Archive

J.S. Bach: Concertos for 1, 2, 3, 4 Keyboards - Idil Biret A

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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Idil Biret, Aysegul Sarica, Hande Dalkilic, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Gurer Aykal, Erol Erdinc
Format
CD
Label
Idil Biret Archive
Released
Feb 07, 2025
Catalog #
8571431
UPC
747313143177

About

Idil Biret was introduced very early to the music of Bach. At the age of three she was trying to play from ear the preludes of Bach from the Well Tempered Clavier which her mother played on their upright piano and drawing his picture in her note book. In her memoires, Idil's mother Leman Biret writes: "After listening for a while to orchestral music on the radio Idil would detect the main melody and then play it on the piano with one finger. Afterwards, when she reached the age of four, she would play these on the piano with two hands and with the correct harmony. Bach preludes and fugues from the Well Tempered Clavier, for example, which even the talented musicians took considerable time to study and memorise, were mastered by Idil in only a few days after listening once or twice, after which she would play these without a single wrong note. "Then, at the age of four her teacher Mithat Fenmen played for Idil on an 78rpm record by Edwin Fischer the Prelude and Fugue in F minor from the Well Tempered Clavier Book II. She says that Bach's music has been a part of her life ever since that day. In 1946, at the age of five, she played the D Minor Piano Concerto of Bach with a string quartet at the Ankara Radio, a work that would be a staple of her concert programs from then on. "The remarkable evening began with D Minor Piano Concerto of J.S. Bach. The concerto required, from the very first measure, agile, precise dexterity from the pianist. Idil Biret took the challenge with a ravishing pulse which carried one away. How this artist combines the strict discipline of the score with the capacity to build sovereign forms is exemplary. Energetically, she drove the flanking Allegro movements forward and dwelled on the song like beauties of the Adagio with concentrated abandon." Dietrich Wolf DRESDNER NEUESTE NACHRICHTEN (Germany) 1996

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 07:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gürer Aykal
  2. 2 II. Adagio 09:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    09:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gürer Aykal
  3. 3 III. Allegro 08:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gürer Aykal
  4. 4 I. Allegro 05:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret, Ayşegül Sarıca
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  5. 5 II. Adagio 06:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret, Ayşegül Sarıca
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  6. 6 III. Allegro 04:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret, Ayşegül Sarıca
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  7. 7 I. Allegro 06:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Ayşegül Sarıca, İdil Biret, Hande Dalkılıç
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  8. 8 II. Adagio 07:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Ayşegül Sarıca, İdil Biret, Hande Dalkılıç
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  9. 9 III. Allegro 04:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Ayşegül Sarıca, İdil Biret, Hande Dalkılıç
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  10. 10 I. Allegro 04:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret, Ayşegül Sarıca, Hande Dalkılıç, Erol Erdinç
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  11. 11 II. Largo 03:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret, Ayşegül Sarıca, Hande Dalkılıç, Erol Erdinç
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç
  12. 12 III. Allegro 05:20
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    İdil Biret, Ayşegül Sarıca, Hande Dalkılıç, Erol Erdinç
    Ensemble
    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Erol Erdinç