Idil Beret

[randmc]

Has anyone ever heard of her? I think she's one of the best female pianists (to add to the 'Best female pianists' thread). A few months ago I heard her interpretation of most of the Chopin Polonaises and the Grande Polonaise... shes really good! What do you think of her?

[yoshiki]

She is one of the best female pianist in the world, I agree. Furthermore, she can play a lot of pieces!! She recorded like the complete works of Chopin, Brahms and Rachmaninoff etc.........

[quantum]

Haven't heard too much of her unfortunately.  I do have her complete Chopin Rondos disc. 

[totallyclassics]

Well, I'm a little embarrassed! I thought Idil Beret was a male pianist.  Wow, I'm even more excited now!  I agree, with you.  I  listened to Idil in Barnes&Noble a while back, and I remember thinking, "Wow, that's absolutely beautiful!"  At the time however, I was looking for female pianists to get a different take on some of the Chopin pieces I'm playing.   I have so many male pianist cd's.  Nothing against males mind you! But you know, it's just cool to get a female's take on a piece, just out of curiosity.  Especially if you are female!   I found another really good female though at the time.  Her name is Livia Rev.  She plays beautifully as well.  Wow, I will have to go purchase Idil Beret cd's now! 

Thanks,

TC   

[brahmsian]

Here's her rep:

 

BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Piano solo
Italian Concerto
English Suite No. 3
French Suites Nos. 5 & 6
Chromatic Fantasia n Fugue
Well-Tempered Clavier
48 Preludes n Fugues (complete)
Partitas Nos. 1 & 6
Goldberg Variations
Caprice sur le Départ du Frère Bien Aimé
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in D minor
Concerto in A major
Concerto in F minor
Concerto in C minor for 2 Pianos
Concerto in A minor for 4 Pianos

BALAKIREV, Mily Alexeyevitch (1837-1910)

Piano solo
Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

BARTÓK, Béla (1881-1945)

Piano solo
14 Bagatelles Op. 6
Suite en Plein Air
Rhapsody Op. 1
2 Elegies Op. 8B
3 Burlesques Op. 8C
Mikrokosmos Volume 6
6 Rumanian Dances Suite Op. 14
Allegro Barbaro
Sonata 1926
Sonata for 2 Pianos n Percussion
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1
Concerto No. 2
Concerto No. 3
Concerlo for 2 Pianos, Percussion n Orchestra
Scherzo for Piano n Orchestra
Rhapsody. Op. 1

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

Piano solo
32 Sonatas (complete)
Bagatelles Op. 26
32 Variations WoO 80
Diabelli Variations Op. 120
Bagatelles Op. 33 & 119
Rondo a capriccioso Op. 129 "Rage over a Lost Penny"
Eroica Variations Op. 35
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 19
Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37
Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58
Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73
Triple Concerto in C major Op. 56
Fantasia in C for Piano, Chorus n Orchestra Op. 80
Chamber music
Piano Trios (complete)
5 Sonatas for Cello n Piano (complete)
10 Sonatas for Violin n Piano (complete)
3 Variations for Cello n Piano
Clarinet Trio in B flat major
Quintet for Piano n Wind Instruments

BEETHOVEN - LISZT

Piano solo
9 Symphonies (transcriptions)

BERG, Alban (1885-1935)

Piano solo
Sonata Op. 1

BERIO, Luciano (1925)

Piano solo
Sequenza IV

BERLIOZ - LISZT

Piano solo
Symphonie Fantastique (transcription)
Piano n Orchestra
Lelio Fantasy for Piano n Orchestra

BORODIN, Alexander (1833-1887)

Piano solo
Suite

BOUCOURECHLIEV, André (1925)

Piano solo
Archipel IV

BOULEZ, Pierre (1925)

Piano solo
Sonatas Nos. 1-3

BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897)

Piano solo
Complete works for piano solo
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83
Chamber music
Clarinet Trio Op. 114
Horn Trio Op. 40
Piano Trios Nos. 1 - 4
Piano Quartets Nos. 1 - 3
Piano Quintet Op. 34
2 Sonatas for Cello n Piano
3 Sonatas for Violin n Piano
2 Sonatas for Clarinet n Piano

BRAHMS - BIRET

Piano solo
Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (transcriptions)
Song Transcriptions from «Die schöne Magelone» Nos. 10, 11, 12, 14

[Handwritten sheets of music (Songs) are available on request]

BRIDGE, Frank (1879-1941)

Piano n Orchestra
Phantasm - Rhapsody for Piano n Orchestra

BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976)

Piano n Orchestra
Diversions on a theme for Piano n Orchestra
Concerto

BROUWER, Leo (1939)

Piano solo
Sonata

CASTIGLIONI, Nicolo (1932)

Piano solo
Cangianti

CHABRIER, Emmanuel (1841-1894)

Piano solo
Bourrée Fantasque

CHAMINADE, Cecile (1857-1944)

Piano n Orchestra
"Konzertstück" for Piano n Orchestra

CHOPIN, Frédéric (1810-1849)

Piano solo
Complete works for piano solo
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11
Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21
Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" op. 2
Fantasia on Polish Airs Op. 13
Krakowiak - Rondo for Piano n Orchestra Op. 14
Andante Spianato n Grande Polonaise Op. 22
Chamber music
Sonata for Cello n Piano

DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918)

Piano solo
2 Arabesques
Children’s Corner
Estampes
Etudes (complete)
Suite pour le Piano
Preludes Book 1 & 2 (complete)
Images Book 1 & 2 (complete)
Piano n Orchestra
Fantaisie for Piano n Orchestra
Chamber music
Sonata for Cello n Piano
Sonata for Violin n Piano

DUKAS, Paul (1865-1935)

Piano solo
Variations, Interlude n Finale
Sonata in E flat major

DUTILLEUX, Henri (1916)

Piano solo
Sonata

ERKIN, Ulvi Cemal (1906-1972)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1
Symphonie Concertante for Piano n Orchestra
Concerto

FALLA, Manuel de (1876-1946)

Piano n Orchestra
Nights in da Gardens of Spain

FAURÉ, Gabriel (1845-1912)

Piano solo
Barcarolles Nos. 1 & 6
Nocturnes Nos. 1 & 13
Impromptus Nos. 1, 2, 5
Theme et Variations Op. 73
Piano n Orchestra
Ballade Op. 19
Fantaisie for Piano n Orchestra
Chamber music
2 Sonatas for Cello n Piano
Piano Trio in D minor
Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2

FRANCAIX, Jean (1912-1997)

Piano solo
Sonata (Dedicated to Idil Biret)
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto

FRANCK, César (1822-1890)

Piano solo
Prelude Choral et Fugue
Prelude Aria et Finale
Piano n Orchestra
Fantaisie for Piano n Orchestra
(Les Diinns) Symphonic Poem for Piano n Orchestra
Symphonic Variations
Chamber music
Sonata in A major for Violin n Piano
Piano Quintet in F minor

GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937)

Piano solo
Preludes
Rhapsody in Blue (solo version)
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in F
Rhapsody in Blue

GLAZOUNOV, Alexander (1865-1936)

Piano solo
Sonata No. 2
Variations in F sharp
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in F minor

GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907)

Piano solo
Lyric Pieces
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in A minor Op. 16

HANDEL, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)

Piano solo
Suite No. 1
Variations

HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809)

Piano solo
Sonatas in E minor n E flat major
Variations in F minor
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in D major
Concerto in G major
Chamber music
Piano Trios Nos. 18 to 32

HINDEMITH, Paul (1843-1907)

Piano solo
Suite 1982
Ludus Tonalis
Piano n Orchestra
da Four Temperaments
Konzertmusik for Piano, Brass n Harps

HONEGGER, Arthur (1892-1955)

Piano n Orchestra
Concertino for Piano n Orchestra

INDY, Vincent d' (1851-1931)

Piano n Orchestra
Symphony on a French Mountain Air

IVES, Charles (1874-1954)

Piano solo
Concord Sonata

JANACEK, Leos (1854-1928)

Piano n Orchestra
Concertino for Piano n Chamber Orchestra

KEMPFF, Wilhelm (1895-1991)

Piano solo
Piano Sonata Op. 47
Italian Suite Op. 68
Complete transcriptions by Bach, Handel, Gluck, Mozart

KHACHATURIAN, Aram (1903-1978)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto for Piano n Orchestra

KODALY, Zoltan (1882-1967)

Piano solo
Marosszek Dances

LIGETI, György (1923)

Piano solo
Piano Etudes Books I n II (1-14a)

LISZT, Franz (1811-1886)

Piano solo
Années de Pélerinage (complete)
2 Etudes de Concert
2 Legendes
Totentanz (solo version)
Mephisto Waltzes Nos. 1 to 4
Gretchen 'Faust' Symphony - 2nd mvt. (transcription)
2 Ballades
Consolations 1 to 6
Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses (complete)
Reminiscences de Don Juan
Sonata in B minor
12 Etudes Transcendantes
6 Etudes Paganini
Venezia et Napoli
La Lugubre Gondola 1 & 2
Nuages Gris
Unstern
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Concerto No. 2 in A major
Malediction for Piano n Strings
Totentanz for Piano n Orchestra


LITOLFF, Henry Charles (1818-1891)

Piano n Orchestra
Scherzo

MAHLER, Gustav (1860-1911)

Chamber music
Piano Qurtet

MARTIN, Frank (1890-1974)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No.2

MENDELSSOHN, Felix (1809-1847)

Piano solo
Variations Serieuses
Songs without Words
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 25
Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 40


MESSIAEN, Olivier (1908-1992)

Piano n Orchestra
Seven Haikai

MILHAUD, Darius (1892-1974)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto for 2 Pianos n Orchestra

MOUSSORGSKY, Modest (1839-1881)

Piano solo
Pictures at an Exhibition

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1758-1791)

Piano solo
Sonatas K. 231, 282, 283, 330, 331, 576
Fantasia in D minor
Fantasia in C minor
Variations on a theme by Duport
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 9 in E flat major K. 271
Concerto No. 12 in A major K. 414
Concerto No. 13 in C major K. 415
Concerto No. 20 in D minor K. 466
Concerto No. 21 in C major K. 467
Concerto No. 22 in E flat major K. 482
Concerto No. 23 in A major K. 488
Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 491
Concerto No. 25 in C major K. 503
Concerto No. 26 in D major K. 537
Concerto No. 27 in b flat major K. 595

Concerto No. 10 in E flat major for 2 Pianos K. 365
Concerto No. 7 in F major for 3 Pianos K. 242
Chamber music
Piano Trios (complete)
Sonatas for Violin n Piano (complete)
Piano Trios Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6
Piano Quartets K. 478 n K. 493
Quintet for Piano n Wind Instruments

POULENC, Francis (1899-1963)

Piano solo
Mouvements Perpetuels
Piano n Orchestra
Aubade - for Piano n 18 instruments
Concerto
Concerto for 2 Pianos

PROKOFIEFF, Sergey (1891-1953)

Piano solo
9 Sonatas (complete)
Visions Fugitives
Toccata Op. 11
Suggestion Diabolique
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in D flat major Op. 10
Concerto No. 2 in G major Op. 16
Concerto No. 3 in C major Op. 26
Concerto No. 4 for Left Hand Op. 53
Concerto No. 5 in G major Op. 55
Chamber music
Sonatas Nos. 1 n 2 for Violin n Piano
Sonata for Cello n Piano

RACHMANINOFF, Sergey (1873-1943)

Piano solo
Complete works for piano solo
Liebesleid, Liebesfreud (arr. KREISLER)
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 1
Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18
Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30
Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op. 43
Chamber music
Sonata for Cello n Piano


RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937)

Piano solo
Pavane
A la Maniere de Borodine et Chabrier
Gaspard de la Nuit
Jeux d'eau
Sonatine
Tombeau de Couperin
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
La Valse (solo version)
Menuet Antique
Serenade Grotesque
Miroirs (complete)
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in D major for Left Hand
Concerto in G major
Chamber music
Piano Trio in A minor
Sonata for Violin n Piano

REGER, Max (1873-1916)

Piano solo
Variations n Fugue on a theme by Telemann

REY, Cemal Resit (1904-1985)

Piano n Orchestra
Variations for Piano n Orchestra

RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF, Nicolaij Andreyevich (1844-1908)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in C sharp minor Op. 30

ROUSSEL, Albert (1869-1937)

Piano solo
Suite in F sharp
3 Pieces Op. 49

SAINT-SAENS, Camille (1835-1921)

Piano solo
Etudes
Variations in C major
Toccata
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22
Concerto No. 4 in C minor Op. 44
Concerto No. 5 in F major Op. 105
Carnival of da Animals
Chamber music
Septet for Piano, Trumpet n Strings

SATIE, Eric (1866-1925)

Piano solo
2 Gymnopedies
6 Gnossiennes

SAYGUN, Adnan (1907-1991)

Piano solo
12 Preludes (dedicated to Idil Biret)
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto 1 in A Op. 34

SCARLATTI, Domenico (1685-1757)

Piano solo
Sonatas Op. 11
Sonatas Op. 19
Sonatas Op. 23
Sonatas Op. 25
Sonatas Op. 33 to 36

SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874-1951)

Piano n Orchestra
Ode to Napoleon Op. 41 for Piano, Voice n Orchestra
Concerto for Piano n Orchestra Op. 42

SCHNITTKE, Alfred (1934)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto for Piano n Orchestra (1960)

SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828)

Piano solo
Wanderer Fantaisie op. 15 (D. 760)
Moments Musicaux Op. 94 (D. 780)
4 Impromptus op. 90 (D. 899)
4 Impromptus op. 142 (D. 935)
Sonatas op. 120 (D. 664) - op. 143 (D. 784) - op. 42 (D. 845)
Sonatas «Reliquie» D. 840 - op. 53 (D. 850)
Sonatas Op. posth. D. 958, D. 959, D. 960
Sonata Fantaisie Op. 78 (D. 894)
Chamber music
Sonata for Cello n Piano «Arpeggione»
Piano Trios Nos. 1 n 2
Piano Quintet in A major «Trout»
Lied Cycles «Die Winterreise» n «Die Schöne Müllerin»

SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856)

Piano solo
Abegg Variations Op. 1
Arabesque Op. 18
Blumenstück Op. 19
Bunte Blätter Op. 99
Carnaval Op. 9
Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6
Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13
Fantaisie Op. 17
Fantaisiestücke Op. 12
Faschingschwank aus Wien Op. 26
Humoresque Op. 20
Kinderszenen Op. 15
Kreisleriana Op. 16
Nachtstücke Op. 23
Novelettes Op. 21
Papillons Op. 2
Sonatas Op. 11 n Op. 22
Waldszenen Op. 82
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in A minor Op. 54
Introduction n Allegro appassionato in G major Op. 92
Introduction n Concert Allegro in D minor Op. 13
Chamber music
Sonatas for Violin n Piano in A minor n D minor
Piano Quartet in E flat major
Piano Quintet in E flat major
Lied Cycles «Dichterliebe» n «Liederkreis»

SCRIABIN, Alexander (1872-1915)

Piano solo
12 Etudes Op. 8
8 Etudes Op. 42
3 Etudes Op. 65
24 Preludes Op. 11
5 Preludes Op. 74
10 Sonatas (complete)
2 Pieces Op. 59
2 Pieces Op. 67
Vers la Flamme Op. 74
2 Poemes Op. 71

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto in F sharp minor Op. 20

SHOSTAKOVICH, Dimitri (1906-1975)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet n Strings Op. 35
Concerto No. 2 Op. 102

SIBELIUS, Jean (1865-1957)

Piano solo
Sonatine
Rondino

STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949)

Piano n Orchestra
Burleske in D minor for Piano n Orchestra

STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971)

Piano solo
Firebird (complete) - Piano transcription, 1910
Petrouchka Suite
Serenade
Sonata
Sonata in F Sharp major
Piano Rag Music
4 Etudes Op. 7
Piano n Orchestra
Capriccio - for Piano n Orchestra
Concerto for Piano n Winds instruments
Concerto for 2 Solo Pianos

SZYMANOWSKY, Karol (1882-1937)

Piano solo
Masques Op. 34
Metopes Op. 29
Etudes Op. 33
20 Mazurkas

TCHAIKOVSKY, P. I. (1840-1893)

Piano solo
Sonata in G major
da Seasons
Dumka
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in B flat major Op. 23
Concerto No. 2 in G major Op. 44
Concerto No. 3 in E flat major Op. 75
Concerto Fantasia for Piano n Orchestra Op. 56
Chamber music
Piano Trio in A minor

TIPPET, Sir Michael (1905-1998)

Piano n Orchestra
Concerto for Piano n Orchestra

WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)

Piano solo
Sonata in A flat major
Piano n Orchestra
Concerto No. 1 in C major
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Konzertstück in F minor Op. 79

WEBERN, Anton (1883-1945)

Piano solo
Variations Op. 27

[randmc]

 
 And to think....I've only heard her Chopin Polonaises!!!

[yoshiki]

That's like an insane amount of pieces!!!
How old is she now? She must be rather old in order to learn so many pieces.

[stevie]

she is very talented, but stretches her vagina FAR TOO WIDE.

she tries to take on that many pieces and theres no way they can all be great, she is hit and miss, generally quite decent, occasionally awesome, sometimes randomly crap.

[randmc]

When you say repertoire, do you mean all of the songs that she's memorized? Or all of the songs she's worked to concert level?

That's like an insane amount of pieces!!!
How old is she now? She must be rather old in order to learn so many pieces.

She probably is at least middle-aged.

she is very talented, but stretches her vagina FAR TOO WIDE.

she tries to take on that many pieces and theres no way they can all be great, she is hit and miss, generally quite decent, occasionally awesome, sometimes randomly crap.

they could, in fact, be all good! She might be on of those, suspiciously common, prodigies that learns and perfects pieces in a matter of days or weeks. Like ummm....what's his name......oh ya, Sergio Temp (i think it is). What is he like early twenties or somethin?

[bronwyn87]

OMG!! I'm going to have to start practicing 25 hrs a day if i want to catch up to her...

[liszt1022]

The above list is everything she's recorded and played in her life, not everything she can play right now.


Biret is hit-and-miss with me. She did Firebird and Ligeti well, but I have some issues with her Chopin. I have huge issues with her 1992 recording of Symphonie fantastique, but not very many with her 1979 recording os the same work.

[march05]

brahmsian, is that list for real??  official? i mean, complete prelude & fugues, complete beethoven sonatas, complete beethoven symphony transcriptions, complete brahms piano solo works, complete chopin piano works, almost complete shumann piano works, complete beethoven concerti, bartok concerti, prokofieff concerti, rachmaninoff concerto, ravel concerti + much more! sounds hard to believe! maybe she'd included things she sightread through once or twice. amazing, nevertheless!

[paris]

i've heard only her Chopin and i didn't like it at all. she's one of the worst Chopin performers i've ever heard.

but she has really impressive repertoire list. amazing-if she could perform all that pieces

btw its biret not beret 

[brahmsian]

brahmsian, is that list for real?? official? i mean, complete prelude & fugues, complete beethoven sonatas, complete beethoven symphony transcriptions, complete brahms piano solo works, complete chopin piano works, almost complete shumann piano works, complete beethoven concerti, bartok concerti, prokofieff concerti, rachmaninoff concerto, ravel concerti + much more!

As far as I know this is everything she's played in her lifetime. I'm assuming she could probably pick up any one of these pieces and get it into decent shape fairly quickly.

Hamelin's rep is bigger though

[practicingnow]

As far as I know this is everything she's played in her lifetime. I'm assuming she could probably pick up any one of these pieces and get it into decent shape fairly quickly.

Hamelin's rep is bigger though

That rep list is truly astounding, if it is real - truly astounding!  Right up there with Arrau and Fiorentino, and Katsaris...
Can I ask how you know that Hamelin's is bigger?  Do you have a list of his rep also?

[brahmsian]

Can I ask how you know that Hamelin's is bigger? Do you have a list of his rep also?

Sorry... brain fart.

It's Ian Pace that has a bigger rep. I'll post it in another thread if you want- It would make this thread huge.