Concerto Edition, Vol. 1: Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op. 54 - Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16
4/28/2009, 6 Tracks, 1:04:54
Featuring
Antoni Wit
Idil Biret
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
Robert Schumann
Edvard Grieg
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Album & Artwork
The IBA emblem on this album features an etching by Albrecht Dürer, sent to Idil Biret by Nadia Boulanger in 1959 with a personal inscription.
Performer Biography
Antoni Wit, the conductor, studied conducting with Henryk Czyz and composition with Krzysztof Penderecki at the Academy of Music in Kraków, and also studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret was a pupil of Alfred Cortot and a lifelong disciple of Wilhelm Kempff, both renowned pianists.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret, the pianist on this album, began playing piano at age three and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire at fifteen with three first prizes.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret has recorded over eighty albums since the 1960s, including the complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin, and Rachmaninov.
Recording & Production
The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) aims to collect and release as many of her recordings as possible, including old, commercially unavailable ones and new recordings.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in November 2006 at the Bilkent Symphony Hall in Ankara, Turkey, with Günther Appenheimer as producer and engineer.
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