Idil Biret, the pianist on this album, made her first recordings at the age of eight in November 1949 for ORTF (Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française / French Radio and Television Broadcasting) in Paris.
Recording & Production
The first releases from the Idil Biret Archive (IBA) will include Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven's Symphonies and newly recorded Beethoven's 32 Sonatas and all Piano Concertos, across nineteen CDs.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret has made over eighty LPs and CDs for ten record labels, including complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin, and Rachmaninov, and Ligeti's Etudes.
Recording & Production
The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) aims to release as many of her recordings as possible, including old recordings no longer commercially available and new recordings.
Album & Artwork
The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) emblem features an etching by Albrecht Dürer, which was sent to Idil Biret by Nadia Boulanger with a personal dedication in 1959.
Recording & Production
Future releases from the Idil Biret Archive (IBA) will feature piano concertos by Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, and Grieg, as well as nine LPs recorded for Atlantic/Finnadar with works by Boulez, Webern, Berg, Ravel, and Stravinsky.
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