This specific recording of Brahms's Variations was originally released in 1962 on a French mono LP by the Véga record label.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret, the pianist on this album, began playing piano at age three and studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Nadia Boulanger, graduating at fifteen with three first prizes.
Recording & Production
The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) is a project to release as many of Idil Biret's recordings as possible, including old, commercially unavailable recordings and new ones.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret has made over eighty records since the 1960s, including the complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin, and Rachmaninov, selling nearly three million copies.
Recording & Production
The IBA emblem features an etching by Albrecht Dürer, a German Renaissance artist, which was sent to Idil Biret by her teacher Nadia Boulanger at Christmas 1959.
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