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Idil BiretBEETHOVEN EDITION . 13

Complete Piano Sonatas, Concertos and Symphony TranscriptionsIdil Biret

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EETHO

VEN

EDITIO

N . 13 Sym

phony No. 3 (Vol. 4)

Idil Biret

8.571263B

EETHO

VEN

EDITIO

N . 13 Sym

phony No. 3 (Vol. 4)

8.571263

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Playing time56:42

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’ 56:421 Allegro con brio 16:302 Marcia funebre: Adagio assai 20:033 Scherzo: Allegro vivace 06:454 Finale: Allegro molto 13:24

Recorded: March 1986 in Brussels, BelgiumProducer and Engineer: Michel Devos . Piano: Steinway

Booklet notes: Keith AndersonPreviously released on EMI Electrola in 1986

“Listening to Beethoven through Liszt’s keyboard transcriptions put a fresh perspective on these familiar symphonies. Idil Biret has taken up the complete cycle and I admire her taste, technique and sound musical decisions.”

NEW YORK MAGAZINE

“Idil Biret gives an impressive performance. A supreme mastery of tempi, sonorities, polyphony and technique permits Biret – a disciple of Alfred Cortot – to embrace all the moods of Beethoven and gives her playing a symphonic depth rarely heard until now.”

LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR

“Universally gifted pianists like Idil Biret, who do not limit themselves to a cleverly selected repertory are nowadays very rare…With the recent release of the Beethoven/Liszt Symphonies international recognition should be secure for her.”

FONOFORUM

1986, © 2008 Id

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