idil biret - islamey

The extraordinary Turkish pianist Idil Biret plays Balakirev's Islamey.

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Music

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• idil
• biret
• balakirev
• islamey
• piano

[guboub]

See the image that appears at 1:06... I didn't know Microsoft was around when Cortot was teaching! lol

[Logan9998]

idil biret is a total hottie.

[aporia82]

@animumaurarium and also Ferencz Liszt. She recorded a 9 CD collection for Liszt this year, regarding his 200th birth anniversary.

[Abraeumer83]

Such a bullshit and embarassingly bad pianist. Never understood her success! She tried to play Islamey? She should practices a few gammes first!!!

[utubuser10]

@Herxal "wrong notes and technical shortcomings" are of little interest to me...it's usually the correct notes and technical mastery that are usually more interesting at a minimum.

[animumaurarium]

Actually she currently has the largest piano repertoire in the world. For instance, she has recorded Chopin's, Brahms' and Rachmaninov's complete piano pieces (respectively 15, 12 and 10 CD's), Boulez's 3 piano sonatas, Beethoven's 5 piano concertos, Ligeti's complete etudes, and many other pieces. If I'm not wrong, she's currently recording Beethoven's complete piano sonatas.

[daitinisimura]

Thank you , idil biret !

[Buldaner]

The technical parts are sloppy but the slow section is quite beautiful.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@demosj Cziffra technically on top of pieces? ha.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@broadwood1830 Yes it is. Biret was a pupil of Kempff.

[Herxal]

@demosj I perfectly agree that this is by no means "her" piece. But I don't think any serious pianist should (or could) fill his programmes exclusively with his "innate" repertoire, not taking any challenges apart from that. And if she rose so magnificently to the task, offered so many valuable moments, and if (probably) somebody made a recording without her knowing and put it on YouTube ... Would she really be the one to blame?

[demosj]

@Herxal I agree with that to some extent. There are points of expressiveness and beauty in Biret's playing, but if you master the fine points of sound and timing, why not master the notes? It's not fair to pianists like Ivo Pogorelich or Cziffra who not only crafted insightful, interesting interpretations, but were also technically on top of the piece in addition to offering great musicianship.