The Essential İdil Biret

Tracklist

• 1
  Nocturne in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:34
• 2
  Waltzes, op. 39: No. 15 in A‐flat major

  Johannes Brahms
  1:34
• 3
  Prelude in E minor, op. 28 no. 4

  Fryderyk Chopin
  2:24
• 4
  Scene from Childhood no. 1

  Robert Schuman
  1:32
• 5
  Etude no. 12 in C minor, op. 10, no. 12, “Revolutionary”

  Fryderyk Chopin
  3:01
• 6
  Preludes op. 32: No. 5 in G major. Moderato

  Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
  3:13
• 7
  Polonaise no. 3 in A major, op. 40, no. 1, “Military”

  Fryderyk Chopin
  6:27
• 8
  Waltzes, op. 39: No. 3 in G‐sharp minor

  Johannes Brahms
  0:52
• 9
  Nocturnes, op. 15: No. 2 in F‐sharp major

  Fryderyk Chopin
  3:48
• 10
  Keyboard Suite, HWV 434 in B‐flat major: IV. Minuet

  George Frideric Handel arr. Wilhelm Kempff
  3:13
• 11
  Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11, B. 53: II. Romanza. Larghetto

  Fryderyk Chopin
  11:44
• 12
  Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F‐sharp minor

  Johannes Brahms
  2:24
• 13
  Waltzes, op. 64: No. 1, Molto vivace “Minute”

  Fryderyk Chopin
  1:51
• 14
  Preludes, op. 28: No. 9 in E major

  Fryderyk Chopin
  1:22
• 15
  3 Old Viennese Dances: Kreisler‐Liebesleid

  Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
  5:02
• 16
  Waltzes, op. 69: No. 2 in B minor

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:04
• 17
  Klavierstücke, op. 76: No. 3, Intermezzo in A‐flat major

  Johannes Brahms
  3:15
• 18
  Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, op. 22: No. 1, Andante spianato, B. 88

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:51
• 19
  Orphée et Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

  Christoph Willibald Gluck arr. Wilhelm Kempff
  4:45
• 20
  Polonaise no. 6 in A‐flat major, op. 53 “Heroic”

  Fryderyk Chopin
  7:18
• 21
  Études for piano, book 2: No. 13, L’escalier du diable

  György Ligeti
  6:50
• 22
  Piano Sonata no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 35 “Marche funèbre”: III. Marche funebre: Lento

  Fryderyk Chopin
  9:14
• 23
  Waltzes, op. 39: No. 9 in D minor

  Johannes Brahms
  1:25
• 24
  Prelude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28, no. 15

  Fryderyk Chopin
  5:55
• 25
  Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 22: II. Allegro scherzando

  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  6:06
• 26
  Nocturne no. 12 in G major, op. 37, no. 2

  Fryderyk Chopin
  5:43
• 27
  Behr‐Lachtäubchen, “Polka de W.R.”

  Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
  4:00
• 28
  Mazurka no. 23 in D major, op. 33 no. 2

  Fryderyk Chopin
  2:38
• 29
  Etude no. 3 in E major, op. 10, no. 3

  Fryderyk Chopin
  4:29
• 30
  Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G minor

  Johannes Brahms
  3:10
• 31
  Ballade no. 2 in F major, op. 38

  Fryderyk Chopin
  7:41
• 32
  Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, op. 20

  Fryderyk Chopin
  10:45

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Release credits

• Günter Appenheimer
  producer [4]
• Martin Sauer
  producer [11, 18]
• Róbert Stankovský
  conductor [11, 18]
• İdil Biret
  piano [2, 4, 11-12, 18, 23, 30]
• Štátna filharmónia Košice
  performing orchestra [11, 18]

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