The Best of Chopin
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Composer: Frederic ChopinConductor: Robert Stankovsky
Orchestra: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice)
Performer: Idil Biret
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-09-11
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Ballade No. 3 In A Flat Major
- Mazurka No. 23 In D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
- Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21: Larghetto
- Waltz No. 9 In A Flat, Op. Posth. 69, No. 1, 'Farewell'
- Nocturne No. 2 In E Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
- Berceuse In D Flat Major, Op. 57
- Fantaisie-Impromptu In C Sharp Minor, Op. 66
- Etude No. 3 In E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
- Waltz No. 6 In D Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, 'Minute'
- Polonaise No. 6 In A Flat Major, Op. 53, 'Heroic'
- Prelude No. 15 In D Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15, 'Raindrop'
- Scherzo No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 31
- Piano Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 35: Marche funebre
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Music Review: chopin performances to go back to
Rating: 5 Stars
This is the first cd I bought when I started my classical cd collection six years ago. Now I have over a hundred classical cds, of pianists ranging from legends like Martha Argerich, Artur Rubinstein, Glenn Gould, Alicia de la Roccha, Evgeny Kissin, Alfred Brendel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philippe Entremont, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Arrau, Murray Perahia to emerging lights like Lang Lang, Yundi Li, Stanislav Bunin, Cecile Licad, etc.
But I always come back to this cd, at the same time wondering why despite these deeply introspective performances, Idil Biret is not readily judged as one of Chopin's leading interpreters. This is Chopin at his best and most pure.
Stand-outs are her performances of Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Farewell Waltz, Tristesse Etude, Berceuse in D flat major, and the Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor. I prefer Biret's Ballade and Berceuse over Rubinstein's, any day.
Of the hundreds of Chopin CDs out there, you cannot go wrong with this one. For the price, for the choice of works, and for insightful interpretations. Bravo, Idil Biret. Thank you!
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