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CD : Naxos : Biret - Best of the Studio RecordingsNaxos : Biret - Best of the Studio Recordings

Label : Naxos

Product Id : 8.506035

Year : 2019

Disc Count : 6


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Bach, Johann Sebastian

Well Tempered Clavier Book I - Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 (excerpt)
- Hakkı Öztürk conducting Kuşadası Chamber Orchestra


Bartók, Béla

Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Sz. 95, BB 101 (excerpt)
- Theodor Guschlbauer conducting Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra


Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 'Moonlight Sonata' (excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (excerpt)
- Antoni Wit conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra


Biret, Idil

Arrangement on Brahms's Romance No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 33

Transcription on Brahm's Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (excerpt)

Boulez, Pierre

Piano Sonata No. 3 (excerpt)

Brahms, Johannes

Klavierstucke No. 6 - Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor, Op. 118

Volume I - Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor, WoO. 1

Transcription on Gluck's Gavotte in A Major, Anh. 1a/2
Arrangement on Schumann's Quintet, Anh. 1a/7

Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 (excerpt)
- performed with London String Quartet

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (excerpt)
- Antoni Wit conducting National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio


Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 (excerpt)
- performed with Roderick Von Bennigsen

Chopin, Frédéric

Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2

Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3

Trois Nouvelles Etude in F Minor, B. 130, No. 1

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 (excerpt)
- Robert Stankovsky conducting Štátna filharmónia Košice


Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 'Funeral March' (excerpt)

Couperin, François

Book III - Dix-huitième Ordre de clavecin in F Major, Piece No. 6, 'Le Tic-toc-choc, ou Les Maillotins'

Debussy, Claude

Children's Corner No. 1 in C Major, L. 113 'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum'

Franck, César

Piano Quintet in F Minor, M. 7 (excerpt)
- performed with London String Quartet

Prelude, choral et fugue, M. 21 (excerpt)

Grieg, Edvard

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (excerpt)
- Antoni Wit conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra


Hindemith, Paul

Klaviermusik mit Orchester for the Left Hand, Op. 29 (excerpt)
- Toshiyuki Shimada conducting Yale Symphony Orchestra


Kammermusik No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 36, No. 1 (excerpt)
- Toshiyuki Shimada conducting Yale Symphony Orchestra


Kempff, Wilhelm

Transcription on Handel's Minuet in G Minor, HWV 434/4

Transcription on Gluck's Danse des ombres heureuses Orpheé et Eurydice, Wq. 41
Transcription on Gluck's Plainte d'Orpheé from Orpheé et Eurydice, Wq. 41

Transcription on Bach's Jesu bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147

Transcription on Mozart's Pastorale varie, K. 209b

Transcription on Bach's Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 307/734

Transcription on Bach's Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1031

Ligeti, György

Book I - Etude No. 6, 'Automne à Varsovie'

Liszt, Franz

Grand Paganini Etude No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, S. 141 'La Campanella'

Etude de Concert No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, S. 145 'Gnomenreigen'

Transcription on Verdi's Paraphrase de concert, S. 434 'Rigoletto'

Transcription on Wagner's Isoldens Liebestod, S. 447 'Schlußszene aus Tristan und Isolde'

Transcription on Berlioz's Harold en Italie, S. 472 'Symphonie en quatre parties' (excerpt)
- performed with Ruşen Güneş

Transcription on Schubert's Zwölf Lieder No. 2, S. 558 'Auf dem Wasser zu singen'
Transcription on Schubert's Zwölf Lieder No. 12, S. 558 'Ave Maria Ellens dritter Gesang'

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124 (excerpt)
- Emil Tabakov conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra


Transcription on Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, S. 464 (excerpt)

Mahler, Gustav

Piano Quartet in A Minor
- performed with London String Quartet

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 'Alla Turca' (excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (excerpt)
- Patrick Gallois conducting London Mozart Players


Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpt)

Pars, Ateş

Viola Sonata, Op. 57 (excerpt)
- performed with Ruşen Güneş

Prokofiev, Sergei

Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14 (excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 (excerpt)
- Dorian Wilson conducting Orchestre National de France


Rachmaninov, Sergei

Morceaux de fantasie No. 2 - Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3

Prelude in C Major, Op. 32, No. 1
Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12

Transcription on Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, iii/TN 1 (excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (excerpt)
- Antoni Wit conducting Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra


Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 43 (excerpt)
- Antoni Wit conducting Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra


Ravel, Maurice

Gaspard de la nuit in C-Sharp Minor, M. 55 'Ondine'

Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 (excerpt)
- Jean Fournet conducting Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra


Saint-Saëns, Camille

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 (excerpt)
- James Loughran conducting Philharmonia Orchestra


Saygun, Ahmed Adnan

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 34 (excerpt)
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun conducting Orchestre Colonne


Scarlatti, Domenico

Piano Sonata in G Minor, K. 12, L. 489

Schubert, Franz

Piano Sonata No. 11 in F Minor, D. 625 'Fragment'

Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, D. 899

Schumann, Robert

Kinderszenen No. 7 in F Major, Op. 15 'Traumerei'

Introduction & Allegro Concertante in D Minor, Op. 134
- Antoni Wit conducting National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio


Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 (excerpt)

Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 (excerpt)
- performed with Borusan Quartet

Scriabin, Alexander

Morceaux No. 1 - Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2

Transcription on Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, S. 470 (excerpt)

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102 (excerpt)
- Arpad Geretz conducting Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne


Stravinsky, Igor

Petrouchka No. 1, K012 'Russian Dance'

Firebird Suite, K010 (excerpt)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

Children's Album No. 15 in D Major, Op. 39 'Italian Song'

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44 (excerpt)
- Emil Tabakov conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra


Recording Details :
- 1949 in Paris
- 1953 in Paris
- August 8, 1958 in Brussels, Grand Auditorium
- November 20, 1961 in Paris, Salle Wagram
- December 29, 1966 & January 9, 10, 1967 in New York City, CBS 30th Street Studios
- 1972 in Paris, Maronite Church
- 1975 in London, Abbey Road Studios - Studio No. 1
- 1975 in New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio
- 1976 in New York City, RCA Victor Studios - Studio A
- 1979 in New York City, Town Hall
- 1979
- January 5, 1980 in London, Queen Elizabeth Hall
- September 16 & 18, 1980 in London, CBS Studios
- January, 1984 in Stuttgart, Südwest-Tonstudio
- 1985 in Germany
- March 19 - 22, 1986 in Chaumont-Gistoux, St Bavon Church
- April 13 - 14, 1987 in Stuttgart, Augustinum
- December, 1987 in Chaumont-Gistoux, St Bavon Church
- April 23, 1988 in London, St. Barnabas Church
- 1989 in Württenberg
- March, 1990 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest
- September 3 - 5, 1990 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest
- November 3 - 10, 1990 in Košice, House of Arts
- 1991, 1995 & 1996 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- March & April, September, 1991 & February, 1992 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- July & September, 1991 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest
- November 30 - December 2, 1991 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest
- 1992 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- 1993 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- May, 1993 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- October 21, 1993 in Lille
- 1994 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- 1995 in Paris
- January - February, 1995 in Paris, Radio France - Studio 106
- August 17 - 20, 1996 in Katowice
- August 29 - 31, 1996 in Katowice
- 1997 in Paris
- January 16 - 19, 1998 in Katowice
- September & December 1998 in Katowice
- February 15, 1999 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall
- February 17 - 18, May 5 - 7 & June 14 - 15, 2001 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- March 1 - 3, 2002 in Suffolk, Potton Hall
- June, 2004 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall
- November, 2004 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall
- November, 2006 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall
- January 25 - 26, 2008 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall
- May 26 - 27, 2008 in Chaumont-Gistoux, St Bavon Church
- January, 2011 in Ankara
- April, 2011 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest
- January, 2012 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall
- December, 2012 & January 2013 in New Haven, Woolsey Hall
- March, 2014 in Namur, Château de Flawinne
- May, 2014 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium
- September 23 - 24, 2014 in Namur, Château de Flawinne
- December 17 - 18, 2014 in London, St. Paul's Southgate
- April 12 - 15 & 26 & September 25 - 26, 2015 in Namur, Château de Flawinne
- July, 2016 in Namur, Château de Flawinne
- March, 2017 in Namur, Château de Flawinne