The Turkish pianist Idil Biret celebrated her 75th birthday in November 2016. To approach and honor this milestone, her own label (IBA), distributed by the now-venerable Naxos, has been releasing a...
Scriabin / Biret Idil Biret Solo Edition 8 CD1. Etude in C Sharp minor 2. No. 1 in C Sharp Major 3. No. 2 in F Sharp minor 4. No. 3 in B minor 5. No. 4 in B Major 6. No. 5 in E Major 7. No. 6 in a...
Brahms / Idil Biret Idil Biret Archive Edition 16 & 17-Johannes Brahms CD1. Allegro Con Brio 2. Andante 3. Poco Allegretto 4. Allegro 5. No. 1 in G minor 6. No. 2 in D minor 7. No. 3 in F Major 8...
Biret's interpretations of Schumann set her apart from the Pollinis, Brendels and Arraus of this world, and even from her teacher and long-time mentor Wilhelm Kempff. Leverkusener Anzeiger Schumann's...
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,...