The 19 CD Beethoven Edition consists of the 32 Sonatas, 5 Piano Concertos and the Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus and the 9 Symphonies' piano transcriptions by Liszt. A video film "The Making of the Beethoven recordings" is also under preparation.

Idil Biret is the only pianist ever to have performed all of Beethoven's piano sonatas, concertos and all the symphonies' piano transcriptions in public concerts. She is now also the first pianist to have recorded them all.

Recording details

32 Sonatas: Recorded in a church near Brussels (Belgium) between 2001-2005 (with three sonatas recorded earlier in 1994). Producer/Engineer is Michel Devos (10CD)

9 Symphony transcriptions: Recorded in a church near Brussels (Chamon-Gistoux) in 1985-1986 (for EMI). Producer/Engineer is Michel Devos. (6 CD)

5 Concertos and the Fantasy: Recorded in Ankara (Turkey) at the Bilkent University Concert Hall in 2008. Producer/Engineer is Günther Appenheimer. The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Antoni Wit (Music Director of Warsaw Philharmonic). See bios in the booklet of CD IBA 003 (Concertos Vol.1).
(3 CD)

The first four CDs of the Beethoven Edition will be released in December 2008 to be followed by the rest during 2009 (with releases every other month). For the schedule of release of the Beethoven Edition and all the other recordings, see below "Release Schedule".

For questions and further information write to idilbiret@idilbiret.eu and visit www.idilbiret.eu

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