Idil Biret Beethoven Edition - Volume 17

Recorded: September 2002 (Op. 22 and Op. 31, No. 1), October 2006 (Op. 31, No. 2) in Brussels, Belgium / “To play Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in G major, op.31 no. 1 in front of and ‘in the shadow of’ Wilhelm Backhaus, on his 85th birthday, must certainly be the highest demand on a young interpreter. Idil Biret has taken up this challenge and brilliantly overcome it. Her playing is full of temperament and nerve, her technical skill as impressive as her sense of shape and nuances. When at the end of the concert Backhaus so cordially thanked his colleague, she was entitled to consider this as being ‘knighted’”. FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG “Especially with Beethoven Idil Biret proved herself a great artist with breathtaking depth of expression and dramatic performing power…The big applause was fully deserved.” KURIER (Vienna)