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Biret's wide repertoire encompasses the entire range of late classical and Romantic piano literature. She is probably best known for her Chopin recordings, which won her the prestigious 'Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin'in Poland in 1995.
In the 1980s, Biret performed the 32 sonatas of Beethoven and the piano
transcription of the 9 symphonies by Liszt in a series of concerts. In
the 1990s, she played Beethoven’s five piano concertos, the Choral
Fantasia and the Triple Concerto. In 1997, Biret played in Germany all
the solo piano works of Brahms in five consecutive recitals during the
composer’s centennial anniversary. In the same year, she also performed
Brahms's two piano concertos in one concert in Istanbul.
Her numerous recordings (more than 70 in 1997) include the
world-premiere recording of Liszt's transcriptions of the nine
Beethoven symphonies (EMI 6LP/1986), complete solo piano works, the
concerto works of Chopin (15CD/1992), of Brahms (12CD/1997),
Rachmaninoff (10CD/2000) and the piano transcription of Stravinsky’s
ballet music The Firebird (2003).
Her recordings of 20th century classical pieces include the three piano
sonatas of Boulez (Naxos Records 1995) as well as the piano works and
editions of Wilhelm Kempff (Marco Polo 1991). Idil Biret also recorded
the etudes (volume 1 and 2) of György Ligeti for Naxos, which was
released in 2003. Idil Biret's recordings for Naxos sold over 2 million
copies worldwide by 2004. Earlier, in the 1970s she recorded in New
York for Finnadar/Atlantic records works by Boucourechliev, Webern,
Berg, Mimaroglu, Brouwer, Castiglioni, Scriabin, Prokofiev and
Miaskovsky.
She has completed the recording of the 32 Beethoven Sonatas for her own label IBA (Idil Biret Archives) in 2007.
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