Paris Recordings - 1949, 1953, 1959

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Label
Idil Biret Archive
Release Date
July 4, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Francois Co
    • PERFORMER
      Idil Biret
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 04, 2025
    • UPC
      747313261925
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      IBA-LP005
    • LABEL
      Idil Biret Archive
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Radio Interview (1949)

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Anonymous, İdil Biret

    2. Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq. 117/2, H. 220

      Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    3. Soeur Monique

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    4. Le tic-toc-choc, ou Les maillotins

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: İdil Biret

    5. Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, K.12/L.489/P.68

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: İdil Biret

    6. 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 1 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: İdil Biret

    7. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    8. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    9. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 6. Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: İdil Biret

    10. I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: İdil Biret

    11. V. The Little Shepherd

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: İdil Biret

    12. Radio Presentation (1953)

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Anonymous, İdil Biret

    13. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 1. Des Abends - No. 2. Aufschwung - No. 3. Warum? - No. 5. In der Nacht - No. 7. Traumes Wirren

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: İdil Biret


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 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. (Leman Biret, 1988)