Bartok, Chopin & D... - Idil Biret - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Idil Biret wanted to record the many waltz transcriptions of Godowsky and others. Chief among these was the transcription of Johann Strauss' waltz 'Künstlerleben' by Godowsky, which she had performed at many concerts in the 1970s, and the 'Blue Danube Waltz.' However, there was another project scheduled before that: four Haydn Sonatas, some of the most beautiful among the many he composed. When Idil suddenly fell ill in 2021, both projects were abandoned. Then, miraculously, a stupendous recording of her performance of 'Künstlerleben' in New York in December 1975 surfaced on the internet, which led to reembarking on the project in a somewhat different way. The result is this CD, a compilation of Biret's past performances of Waltzes and Dances from many composers including Bartok, Berlioz, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Ravel, Stravinsky, and, of course, Leopold Godowsky - his piano transcription of the Strauss waltz 'Künstlerleben,' 'Metamorphosis on Themes from Artist's Life.'

Label: Idil Biret Archives | Origin: Holland