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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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Disc 1
Couperin, François

1. Book III - Dix-huitième Ordre de clavecin in F Major, Piece No. 6, 'Le Tic-toc-choc, ou Les Maillotins'(8909) - 00:02:01

Scarlatti, Domenico

2. Piano Sonata in G Minor, K. 12, L. 489(8910) - 00:03:35

Kempff, Wilhelm

3. Transcription on Bach's Jesu bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147(8808) - 00:03:07

4. Transcription on Gluck's Danse des ombres heureuses Orpheé et Eurydice, Wq. 41(8808)

4. Transcription on Gluck's Plainte d'Orpheé from Orpheé et Eurydice, Wq. 41(8808)

5. Transcription on Handel's Minuet in G Minor, HWV 434/4(8808) - 00:03:08

6. Transcription on Mozart's Pastorale varie, K. 209b(8808) - 00:05:48

Schubert, Franz

7. Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, D. 899(8879) - 00:04:51

Chopin, Frédéric

8. Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2(8790) - 00:05:16

9. Trois Nouvelles Etude in F Minor, B. 130, No. 1(8810) - 00:02:02

10. Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3(8789) - 00:02:30

Schumann, Robert

11. Kinderszenen No. 7 in F Major, Op. 15 'Traumerei'(8809) - 00:02:44

Liszt, Franz

12. Grand Paganini Etude No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, S. 141 'La Campanella'(8854) - 00:04:52

Debussy, Claude

13. Children's Corner No. 1 in C Major, L. 113 'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum'(8815) - 00:01:25

Brahms, Johannes

14. Volume I - Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F-Sharp Minor, WoO. 1(8814) - 00:05:10

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

15. Children's Album No. 15 in D Major, Op. 39 'Italian Song'(8809) - 00:00:56

Rachmaninov, Sergei

16. Prelude in C Major, Op. 32, No. 1(8768) - 00:01:09

17. Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5(8768) - 00:03:37

18. Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12(8768) - 00:02:23

Scriabin, Alexander

19. Morceaux No. 1 - Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2(8869) - 00:03:27

Ravel, Maurice

20. Gaspard de la nuit in C-Sharp Minor, M. 55 'Ondine'(8771) - 00:07:37

Debussy, Claude

21. Children's Corner No. 1 in C Major, L. 113 'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum'(8809) - 00:02:20

Ligeti, György

22. Book I - Etude No. 6, 'Automne à Varsovie'(8830) - 00:05:39

Disc 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian

1. Well Tempered Clavier Book I - Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853(8905) - 00:11:25

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

2. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 'Alla Turca' (excerpt)(8859) - 00:03:36

Beethoven, Ludwig van

3. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 'Moonlight Sonata' (excerpt)(8838) - 00:06:12

Schubert, Franz

4. Piano Sonata No. 11 in F Minor, D. 625 'Fragment'(8879) - 00:06:35

Schumann, Robert

5. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 (excerpt)(8862) - 00:13:28

Chopin, Frédéric

6. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 'Funeral March' (excerpt)(8794) - 00:06:10

Liszt, Franz

7. Etude de Concert No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, S. 145 'Gnomenreigen'(8855) - 00:03:16

Brahms, Johannes

8. Klavierstucke No. 6 - Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor, Op. 118(8910) - 00:03:54

Franck, César

9. Prelude, choral et fugue, M. 21 (excerpt)(8861) - 00:05:43

Mussorgsky, Modest

10. Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpt)(8861) - 00:01:30

Rachmaninov, Sergei

11. Morceaux de fantasie No. 2 - Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3(8777) - 00:04:26

Bartók, Béla

12. Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63(8762) - 00:02:31

Prokofiev, Sergei

13. Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14 (excerpt)(8773) - 00:06:31

Boulez, Pierre

14. Piano Sonata No. 3 (excerpt)(8891) - 00:03:12

Disc 3
Rachmaninov, Sergei

1. Transcription on Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, iii/TN 1 (excerpt)(8820) - 00:03:36

Kempff, Wilhelm

2. Transcription on Bach's Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1031(8808) - 00:02:49

3. Transcription on Bach's Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 307/734(8808) - 00:02:59

Brahms, Johannes

4. Transcription on Gluck's Gavotte in A Major, Anh. 1a/2(8813) - 00:03:48

Liszt, Franz

5. Transcription on Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, S. 464 (excerpt)(8781) - 00:11:11

6. Transcription on Schubert's Zwölf Lieder No. 2, S. 558 'Auf dem Wasser zu singen'(8886) - 00:04:40

7. Transcription on Schubert's Zwölf Lieder No. 12, S. 558 'Ave Maria Ellens dritter Gesang'(8886) - 00:06:43

Scriabin, Alexander

8. Transcription on Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, S. 470 (excerpt)(2592) - 00:06:10

Brahms, Johannes

9. Arrangement on Schumann's Quintet, Anh. 1a/7(8813) - 00:05:55

Biret, Idil

10. Transcription on Brahm's Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (excerpt)(8904) - 00:07:28

11. Arrangement on Brahms's Romance No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 33(8815) - 00:03:29

Liszt, Franz

12. Transcription on Wagner's Isoldens Liebestod, S. 447 'Schlußszene aus Tristan und Isolde'(8785) - 00:07:25

13. Transcription on Verdi's Paraphrase de concert, S. 434 'Rigoletto'(8855) - 00:08:07

Stravinsky, Igor

14. Firebird Suite, K010 (excerpt)(8831) - 00:02:25

15. Petrouchka No. 1, K012 'Russian Dance'(8772) - 00:02:46

Disc 4
Liszt, Franz

1. Transcription on Berlioz's Harold en Italie, S. 472 'Symphonie en quatre parties' (excerpt)(8897) - 00:09:12
- performed with Ruşen Güneş

Schumann, Robert

2. Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 (excerpt)(8877) - 00:09:48
- performed with Borusan Quartet

Brahms, Johannes

3. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 (excerpt)(8868) - 00:09:56
- performed with Roderick Von Bennigsen

4. Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 (excerpt)(8871) - 00:12:11
- performed with London String Quartet

Mahler, Gustav

5. Piano Quartet in A Minor(8779) - 00:11:29
- performed with London String Quartet

Franck, César

6. Piano Quintet in F Minor, M. 7 (excerpt)(8779) - 00:09:01
- performed with London String Quartet

Hindemith, Paul

7. Kammermusik No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 36, No. 1 (excerpt)(8865) - 00:08:05
- Toshiyuki Shimada conducting Yale Symphony Orchestra

Pars, Ateş

8. Viola Sonata, Op. 57 (excerpt)(8897) - 00:04:27
- performed with Ruşen Güneş

Disc 5
Bach, Johann Sebastian

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 (excerpt)(8906) - 00:07:20
- Hakkı Öztürk conducting Kuşadası Chamber Orchestra

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

2. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (excerpt)(8867) - 00:36:28
- Patrick Gallois conducting London Mozart Players

Beethoven, Ludwig van

3. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (excerpt)(8926) - 00:05:34
- Antoni Wit conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

Schumann, Robert

4. Introduction & Allegro Concertante in D Minor, Op. 134(8818) - 00:14:52
- Antoni Wit conducting National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio

Chopin, Frédéric

5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 (excerpt)(8811) - 00:09:23
- Robert Stankovsky conducting Štátna filharmónia Košice

Liszt, Franz

6. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124 (excerpt)(8847) - 00:06:05
- Emil Tabakov conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

Brahms, Johannes

7. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (excerpt)(8819) - 00:09:31
- Antoni Wit conducting National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

8. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44 (excerpt)(8849) - 00:14:56
- Emil Tabakov conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

Disc 6
Grieg, Edvard

1. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (excerpt)(8846) - 00:10:42
- Antoni Wit conducting Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninov, Sergei

2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (excerpt)(8825) - 00:11:24
- Antoni Wit conducting Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

3. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 43 (excerpt)(8829) - 00:02:52
- Antoni Wit conducting Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saëns, Camille

4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 (excerpt)(8786) - 00:07:14
- James Loughran conducting Philharmonia Orchestra

Ravel, Maurice

5. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 (excerpt)(8852) - 00:11:06
- Jean Fournet conducting Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Bartók, Béla

6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Sz. 95, BB 101 (excerpt)(8889) - 00:06:47
- Theodor Guschlbauer conducting Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Saygun, Ahmed Adnan

7. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 34 (excerpt)(8856) - 00:07:38
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun conducting Orchestre Colonne

Hindemith, Paul

8. Klaviermusik mit Orchester for the Left Hand, Op. 29 (excerpt)(8865) - 00:02:32
- Toshiyuki Shimada conducting Yale Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich, Dmitri

9. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102 (excerpt)(8893) - 00:19:09
- Arpad Geretz conducting Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne

Prokofiev, Sergei

10. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 (excerpt)(8890) - 00:10:10
- Dorian Wilson conducting Orchestre National de France
Recording Details :
- 1949 in Paris(8909)
- 1953 in Paris(8910)
- August 8, 1958 in Brussels, Grand Auditorium(8856)
- November 20, 1961 in Paris, Salle Wagram(8762)
- December 29, 1966 & January 9, 10, 1967 in New York City, CBS 30th Street Studios(2592)
- 1972 in Paris, Maronite Church(8768)
- 1975 in London, Abbey Road Studios - Studio No. 1(8772)
- 1975 in New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio(8771)
- 1976 in New York City, RCA Victor Studios - Studio A(8773)
- 1979 in New York City, Town Hall(8777)
- 1979(8893)
- January 5, 1980 in London, Queen Elizabeth Hall(8871)
- September 16 & 18, 1980 in London, CBS Studios(8779)
- January, 1984 in Stuttgart, Südwest-Tonstudio(8886)
- 1985 in Germany(8889)
- March 19 - 22, 1986 in Chaumont-Gistoux, St Bavon Church(8781)
- April 13 - 14, 1987 in Stuttgart, Augustinum(8785)
- December, 1987 in Chaumont-Gistoux, St Bavon Church(8854)
- April 23, 1988 in London, St. Barnabas Church(8786)
- 1989 in Württenberg(8906)
- March, 1990 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest(8789)
- September 3 - 5, 1990 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest(8794)
- November 3 - 10, 1990 in Košice, House of Arts(8811)
- 1991, 1995 & 1996 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8820)
- March & April, September, 1991 & February, 1992 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8810)
- July & September, 1991 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest(8790)
- November 30 - December 2, 1991 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest(8808)
- 1992 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8814)
- 1993 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8813)
- May, 1993 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8809)
- October 21, 1993 in Lille(8859)
- 1994 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8815)
- 1995 in Paris(8904)
- January - February, 1995 in Paris, Radio France - Studio 106(8891)
- August 17 - 20, 1996 in Katowice(8819)
- August 29 - 31, 1996 in Katowice(8818)
- 1997 in Paris(8890)
- January 16 - 19, 1998 in Katowice(8825)
- September & December 1998 in Katowice(8829)
- February 15, 1999 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall(8852)
- February 17 - 18, May 5 - 7 & June 14 - 15, 2001 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8830)
- March 1 - 3, 2002 in Suffolk, Potton Hall(8831)
- June, 2004 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall(8847)
- November, 2004 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall(8849)
- November, 2006 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall(8846)
- January 25 - 26, 2008 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall(8926)
- May 26 - 27, 2008 in Chaumont-Gistoux, St Bavon Church(8838)
- January, 2011 in Ankara(8897)
- April, 2011 in Heidelberg, Tonstudio van Geest(8855)
- January, 2012 in Ankara, Bilkent Concert Hall(8862)
- December, 2012 & January 2013 in New Haven, Woolsey Hall(8865)
- March, 2014 in Namur, Château de Flawinne(8869)
- May, 2014 in Sandhausen, Clara Wieck Auditorium(8877)
- September 23 - 24, 2014 in Namur, Château de Flawinne(8868)
- December 17 - 18, 2014 in London, St. Paul's Southgate(8867)
- April 12 - 15 & 26 & September 25 - 26, 2015 in Namur, Château de Flawinne(8905)
- July, 2016 in Namur, Château de Flawinne(8879)
- March, 2017 in Namur, Château de Flawinne(8861)