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Turkish Piano Music (The Best of)
Idil Biret Archive

Turkish Piano Music (The Best of)

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Idil Biret Archive
Released
Sep 10, 2021
Catalog #
8504058
UPC
747313405831

About

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 48 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Deciso - Moderato - Vivo - Animato - Meno mosso - Cadenza: Rubato - Deciso - Moderato - Vivo - Molto vivo 16:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Deciso - Moderato - Vivo - Animato - Meno mosso - Cadenza: Rubato - Deciso - Moderato - Vivo - Molto vivo
    Duration
    16:05
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Colonne
    Conductor
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
  3. 2 II. Andante con moto - Sostenuto - Tempo primo 07:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto - Sostenuto - Tempo primo
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Colonne
    Conductor
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
  4. 3 III. Allegro assai 04:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Orchestre Colonne
    Conductor
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
  5. 4 Prelude No. 1 00:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Prelude No. 1
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  6. 5 Prelude No. 2: Vivo 01:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Prelude No. 2: Vivo
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  7. 6 Prelude No. 3 01:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    Prelude No. 3
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  8. 7 Prelude No. 4 01:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    Prelude No. 4
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  9. 8 Prelude No. 5: Pesante 01:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Prelude No. 5: Pesante
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  10. 9 Prelude No. 6: Molto vivo 01:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    Prelude No. 6: Molto vivo
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Ahmet Adnan Saygun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  11. 10 I. Moderato - Adagio 11:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Moderato - Adagio
    Duration
    11:53
    Composer
    Çetin Işıközlü
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    İzmir State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Rengim Gökmen
  12. 11 II. Largo 09:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    09:43
    Composer
    Çetin Işıközlü
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    İzmir State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Rengim Gökmen
  13. 12 III. Allegro moderato - Scherzo 05:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato - Scherzo
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Çetin Işıközlü
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    İzmir State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Rengim Gökmen
  14. 13 Ballade, Op. 11 05:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    Ballade, Op. 11
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Çetin Işıközlü
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  15. 14 Country Colours, Book 2 04:18
    Track
    14
    Title
    Country Colours, Book 2
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Muammer Sun
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  16. Disc 2
  17. 1 I. Allegro 10:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:22
    Composer
    Ulvi Cemal Erkin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası
    Conductor
    Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  18. 2 II. Andante 06:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Ulvi Cemal Erkin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası
    Conductor
    Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  19. 3 III. Scherzo 02:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Ulvi Cemal Erkin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası
    Conductor
    Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  20. 4 IV. Andante - Allegro 05:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante - Allegro
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Ulvi Cemal Erkin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası
    Conductor
    Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  21. 5 I. Allegro 05:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Ulvi Cemal Erkin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  22. 6 II. Adagio molto sostenuto 06:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio molto sostenuto
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Ulvi Cemal Erkin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  23. 7 III. Allegro 04:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Ulvi Cemal Erkin
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  24. 8 No. 1. The village band 01:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. The village band
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Nevit Kodallı
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  25. 9 No. 2. Elegy for a broken toy 02:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Elegy for a broken toy
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Nevit Kodallı
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  26. 10 No. 3. Cannibal dance 01:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Cannibal dance
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Nevit Kodallı
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  27. 11 No. 4. The sad child 02:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 4. The sad child
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Nevit Kodallı
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  28. 12 No. 5. The happy child 01:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 5. The happy child
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Nevit Kodallı
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  29. 13 No. 1. Tocatta 01:15
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1. Tocatta
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    İlhan Usmanbaş
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  30. 14 No. 2. Siciliano 04:13
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 2. Siciliano
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    İlhan Usmanbaş
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  31. 15 No. 3. Praeludia Canonica 00:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 3. Praeludia Canonica
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    İlhan Usmanbaş
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  32. 16 No. 4. Due Lirice: Madrigale, Blues 03:37
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 4. Due Lirice: Madrigale, Blues
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    İlhan Usmanbaş
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  33. 17 No. 5. — 01:25
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 5. —
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    İlhan Usmanbaş
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  34. 18 No. 6. Alle francese 01:31
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 6. Alle francese
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    İlhan Usmanbaş
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  35. 19 Session 10:38
    Track
    19
    Title
    Session
    Duration
    10:38
    Composer
    İlhan Mimaroğlu
    Performer
    Arthur Levy, Steve Goldstein, John David Kalodner, İdil Biret
  36. Disc 3
  37. 1 Variations on a Theme of an İstanbul Song, "Kâtibim" 28:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    Variations on a Theme of an İstanbul Song, "Kâtibim"
    Duration
    28:44
    Composer
    Cemal Reşit Rey
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Unknown Artist
    Conductor
    Hikmet Şimşek
  38. 2 I. Allegro 11:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:55
    Composer
    Ateş Pars
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Burak Tüzün
  39. 3 II. Larghetto 06:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    Ateş Pars
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Burak Tüzün
  40. 4 III. Allegro 10:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    10:38
    Composer
    Ateş Pars
    Performer
    İdil Biret
    Ensemble
    Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Burak Tüzün
  41. 5 I. Allegretto 07:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Ateş Pars
    Performer
    Ruşen Güneş, İdil Biret
  42. 6 II. Larghetto espressivo 04:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Larghetto espressivo
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Ateş Pars
    Performer
    Ruşen Güneş, İdil Biret
  43. 7 III. Allegro 05:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Ateş Pars
    Performer
    Ruşen Güneş, İdil Biret
  44. Disc 4
  45. 1 I. Ecstatic Black Sea Fisherman 06:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Ecstatic Black Sea Fisherman
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  46. 2 II. Scorpion Wedding 07:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scorpion Wedding
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  47. 3 III. The Wind and the Rose 03:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. The Wind and the Rose
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  48. 4 IV. On the Frontier of the Unknown 07:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. On the Frontier of the Unknown
    Duration
    07:37
    Composer
    Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  49. 5 V. Waiting for the Barbarians: Allegro barbaro 07:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Waiting for the Barbarians: Allegro barbaro
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  50. 6 VI. Delana's Lament 18:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Delana's Lament
    Duration
    18:05
    Composer
    Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  51. 7 Ferenc Liszt'i Anış-Öngörülü Ama Erinçsiz Bir İnsan İçin Yakarış (A Tribute to Franz Liszt - An Appeal for a Visionary But Restless Man), Op. 77 16:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ferenc Liszt'i Anış-Öngörülü Ama Erinçsiz Bir İnsan İçin Yakarış (A Tribute to Franz Liszt - An Appeal for a Visionary But Restless Man), Op. 77
    Duration
    16:12
    Composer
    Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat
    Performer
    İdil Biret
  52. 8 Grande paraphrase de la marche de Donizetti composée pour Sa Majesté le Sultan Abdul Medjid Khan, S403/R157 (abridged) 08:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    Grande paraphrase de la marche de Donizetti composée pour Sa Majesté le Sultan Abdul Medjid Khan, S403/R157 (abridged)
    Duration
    08:52
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    İdil Biret