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Chopin: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0636943452721
Label: Naxos
Manufacturer: Naxos
MPN: 554527
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Naxos
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Studio: Naxos


 



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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - (+) An Alice in Wonderland Perspective
INTRODUCTION: Idil Biret's quirky and willful pianism seldom brings out the natural beauty and subtleties in Chopin's luxurious textures. Apart from being the most perfect condensate of musical and pianistic refinement in the entire piano oeuvre, each of Chopin's four Ballades tells a vast and rich story, thus calling for pronouncedly narrative qualities in the performer.

REFERENCES: Demidenko (Chopin: Ballades; Third Sonata); Ohlsson (Garrick Ohlsson - The Complete Chopin Piano Works ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Ballades are not the attraction here
Idil Biret's first recording in this Naxos series looks pretty promising: the four Ballades, the Berceuse, the Fantasy Op. 49 and even the BI 130 etudes. This choice of selections is even more unusual with the addition of the Marche funebre in C minor, and three other rare pieces from Chopin: Galop Marquis, Largo in E flat major, and the Cantabile in B flat major.

Having heard so many pianists play the Ballades, I'm afraid Biret is not in the top tier of interpreters here. Her rendition ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Musically profound, technically flawed.
First, I must say Idil Biret has a sense of the beauty contained within Chopin's repetoire as few others do. Her playing of the slower pieces (as well as most of the faster ones)is astonishingly touching and artistically of the highest order.
However, when the technical demands become greatest, especially in the etudes (which are maddeningly difficult)and the Polonaises, there are some very blatant note errors. (To be fair, most recordings are edited nowadays, this one is not.)
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Idel Biret Plays the Chopin Ballades
This is the first in a series of fifteen CDs by the Turkish pianist Idel Biret of the complete piano works of Chopin. And what a CD it is! Biret studied with Boulanger, Corot, and Kempff and yet remains too little known as a pianist. Her Naxos recordings of Chopin's complete piano music received the Grand Prix du Disque in 1995 and sell at a budget price.

Chopin's four Ballades are among the greatest of his works, as is the Fantasia in F minor also included on this disk. The Ballades ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Biret = Chopin
As the title says Biret = Chopin.Actually it tells evrything... Listen and understand what I mean.The Ballades are more beautiful from her hands.The price is very cheap for this album too.




 
 

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