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Etudes-Tableaux (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 16-20 October 1989
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


1.   No. 1 in F minor: Allegro non troppo - 3:12
2.   No. 2 in C major: Allegro - 2:33
3.   No. 3 in C minor: Grave - 6:39
4.   No. 4 in D minor: Moderato - 2:45
5.   No. 5 in E flat minor: Non allegro - 1:41
6.   No. 6 in E flat major: Allegro con fuoco - 1:56
7.   No. 7 in G minor: Moderato - 3:54
8.   No. 8 in C sharp minor: Grave - 3:27


Etudes-Tableaux (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: October 16-20 1989
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


9.   No. 1 in C minor: Allegro agitato - 3:06
10.   No. 2 in A minor: Lento assai - 6:46
11.   No. 3 in F sharp minor: Allegro molto - 3:06
12.   No. 4 in B minor: Allegro assai - 3:51
13.   No. 5 in E flat minor: Appassionato - 5:41
14.   No. 6 in A minor: Allegro - 2:35
15.   No. 7 in C minor: Lento - 11:18
16.   No. 8 in D minor: Allegro moderato - 3:15
17.   No. 9 in D major: Allegro moderato - 4:02

3 Nocturnes (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano


1.   No. 1 in F sharp minor - 5:14
2.   No. 2 in F major - 4:42
3.   No. 3 in C minor - E flat major - 5:57


4 Pieces (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano


4.   I Romance in F sharp minor - 2:27
5.   II Prelude in E flat minor - 3:30
6.   III Melodie in E major - 4:30
7.   IV Gavotte in D major - 5:13


Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano


8.   Nocturne in A minor - 5:35
9.   II Valse in A major - 3:32
10.   Barcarolle in G minor - 4:26
11.   IV Melodie in E minor - 5:06
12.   V Humoresque in G major - 4:09
13.   VI Romance in F minor - 4:49
14.   VII Mazurka in D flat major - 7:40

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Antoni Wit
Idil Biret, piano


1.   Vivace - 14:14
2.   Andante - 6:02
3.   Allegro vivace - Andante ma non troppo - Tempo primo - 8:27


Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Antoni Wit
Idil Biret, piano


4.   Allegro vivace - 10:19
5.   Largo - 6:28
6.   Allegro vivace - 10:17


Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Antoni Wit
Idil Biret, piano


7.   Introduction - 0:09
8.   Variation 1 - 0:19
9.   Theme - 0:19
10.   Variation 2 - 0:18
11.   Variation 3 - 0:24
12.   Variation 4 - 0:28
13.   Variation 5 - 0:29
14.   Variation 6 - 0:58
15.   Variation 7 - 1:09
16.   Variation 8 - 0:33
17.   Variation 9 - 0:32
18.   Variation 10 - 0:56
19.   Variation 11 - 1:21
20.   Variation 12 - 1:16
21.   Variation 13 - 0:31
22.   Variation 14 - 0:44
23.   Variation 15 - 1:05
24.   Variation 16 - 1:41
25.   Variation 17 - 1:44
26.   Variation 18 - 2:52
27.   Variation 19 - 0:32
28.   Variation 20 - 0:37
29.   Variation 21 - 0:26
30.   Variation 22 - 1:46
31.   Variation 23 - 0:50
32.   Variation 24 - 1:19

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Antoni Wit
Idil Biret, piano


1.   Moderato - 12:01
2.   Adagio sostenuto - 11:25
3.   Allegro scherzando - 12:02


Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Antoni Wit
Idil Biret, piano


4.   Allegro ma non tanto - 17:59
5.   Intermezzo: Adagio - 11:35
6.   Finale: Alla breve - 14:30

Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1994, 1995
Produced by: Appenheimer, Gunter


1.   Allegro moderato - 14:28
2.   Lento - 9:58
3.   Allegro molto - 16:46


Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1994, 1995
Produced by: Appenheimer, Gunter


4.   Allegro agitato - 11:56
5.   Non allegro - Lento - L'istesso tempo- - 7:48
6.   Allegro molto - 8:13

J. S. BACH: Prelude, Gavotte and Gigue (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


1.   Prelude - 3:36
2.   Gavotte - 3:36
3.   Gigue - 1:47


SCHUBERT: Wohin (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


4.   Wohin - 2:52


MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


5.   A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo - 4:39


LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


6.   Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - 13:51


MUSSORGSKY: Gopak (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


7.   Gopak - 2:09


BIZET: L'Arlesienne: Minuetto (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


8.   L' Arlesienne: Minuetto - 2:52


RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble-Bee (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


9.   Flight of the Bumble-Bee - 1:13


TCHAIKOVSKY: Lullaby (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


10.   Lullaby - 4:50


RACHMANINOV: Daisies (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


11.   Daisies - 2:22


RACHMANINOV: Lilacs (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


12.   Lilacs - 2:42


RACHMANINOV: Dance of the Young Gypsy Maidens from Aleko (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


13.   Dance of the Young Gypsy Maidens from Aleko - 4:22


KREISLER: Liebesleid (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


14.   Liebesleid - 5:09


KREISLER: Liebesfreud (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


15.   Liebesfreud - 7:00


FRANZ BEHR: Polka W.R. (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


16.   Polka W. R. - 4:00


The Star Spangled Banner (arr. Rachmaninov for piano solo) (more info)
Composed by: John Stafford Smith
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 1991, 1995, 1996
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


17.   The Star Spangled Banner - 2:08

Preludes (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: October 1989 / October 1990
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


1.   No. 1 in F sharp minor: Largo - 4:29
2.   No. 2 in B flat major: Maestoso - 3:41
3.   No. 3 in D minor: Tempo di minuetto - 3:50
4.   No. 4 in D major: Andante cantabile - 5:09
5.   No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia - 4:02
6.   No. 6 in E flat major: Andante - 2:27
7.   No. 7 in C minor: Allegro - 2:14
8.   No. 8 in A flat major: Allegro vivace - 3:22
9.   No. 9 in E flat minor: Presto - 1:52
10.   No. 10 in G flat major: Largo - 4:14


Cinq morceaux de fantaisie (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: October 1989 / October 1990
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


11.   No. 1 Elegie in E flat minor - 5:05
12.   No. 2 Prelude in C sharp minor - 4:44
13.   No. 3 Melodie in E major - 4:53
14.   No. 4 Polichinelle in F sharp minor - 3:27
15.   No. 5 Serenade in B flat minor - 2:51

Preludes (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: October 1989 / October 1990
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


1.   No. 1 in C major: Allegro vivace - 1:19
2.   No. 2 in B flat minor: Allegretto - 4:10
3.   No. 3 in E major: Allegro vivace - 3:02
4.   No. 4 in E minor: Allegro con brio - 5:56
5.   No. 5 in G major: Moderato - 3:23
6.   No. 6 in F minor: Allegro appassionato - 1:30
7.   No. 7 in F major: Moderato - 2:56
8.   No. 8 in A minor: Vivo - 1:46
9.   No. 9 in A major: Allegro moderato - 3:01
10.   No. 10 in B minor: Lento - 7:27
11.   No. 11 in B major: Allegretto - 2:10
12.   No. 12 in G sharp minor: Allegro - 2:20
13.   No. 13 in D flat major: Grave - Allegro - 7:09


Liebesleid (arr. S. Rachmaninov) (more info)
Composed by: Fritz Kreisler
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: October 1989 / October 1990
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


14.   Liebesleid (arr. S. Rachmaninov) - 5:11


Liebesfreud (arr. S. Rachmaninov) (more info)
Composed by: Fritz Kreisler
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: October 1989 / October 1990
Produced by: Sauer, Martin


15.   Liebesfreud (arr. S. Rachmaninov) - 6:57

Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Idil Biret, piano


1.   Variation No. 1 - 0:58
2.   Variation No. 2 - 0:26
3.   Variation No. 3 - 0:14
4.   Variation No. 4 - 0:14
5.   Variation No. 5 - 0:45
6.   Variation No. 6 - 0:29
7.   Variation No. 7 - 1:03
8.   Variation No. 8 - 0:16
9.   Variation No. 9 - 0:19
10.   Variation No. 10 - 0:22
11.   Variation No. 11 - 0:33
12.   Variation No. 12 - 1:31
13.   Variation No. 13 - 2:53
14.   Variation No. 14 - 1:11
15.   Variation No. 15 - 2:11
16.   Variation No. 16 - 1:30
17.   Variation No. 17 - 1:02
18.   Variation No. 18 - 1:29
19.   Variation No. 19 - 1:16