Archive Edition 20

'Anyone who begins a program with Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata, ends with Prokofiev's Toccata,

and throws in Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit has a prodigious technique. As she demonstrated yesterday

afternoon the Turkish pianist Idil Biret must rank as a virtuoso. With unflagging energy, she produced a

series of supercharged performances.'

- THE TIMES (UK), 1976

'Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit, one of the great landmarks of early 20th Century music, is wonderfully revealed

in Idil Biret's visionary performance.'

- STEREO REVIEW (USA), 1977

'Given Ms. Biret's passion for larger-than-life pianism, she was at her best in the comparatively constricted

yet descriptive world of Ravel.'

- NEW YORK TIMES (USA), 2003