Imogen Cooper - Imogen Cooper Rediscovered - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No.10, Op.118 - Kopelman Quartet 2. Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Piano Quintet Op. 18 - Kopelman Quartet

This is Volume 1 in Imogen Cooper's new series on Chandos Records, dedicated to the complete works for piano by Robert Schumann. Recognised worldwide as a pianist of virtuosity and poetic poise, Imogen Cooper has established a reputation as one of the finest interpreters of the classical and romantic repertoire. She has dazzled audiences and orchestras throughout her distinguished career, bringing to the concert a unique musical understanding and lyrical quality. Album Tracks 1. Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 - Imogen Cooper 2. Robert Schumann Kreisleriana, Op. 16 - Imogen Cooper 3. Johannes Brahms Theme and Variations from String Sextet, Op. 18, Arranged for Solo Piano By Brahms - Imogen Cooper

Borrowing the title from Proust's great novel, Imogen Cooper's latest recital features a collection of pieces that she learnt as a teenager in Paris, or in her twenties working with Alfred Brendel in Vienna, but none of which she has performed on the concert , or really played at all in the intervening years. Cooper studied in Paris from 1961-67 with Jacques Février (who had known Ravel well), Yvonne Lefébure (who had known Alfred Cortot), and Germaine Mounier. She started to wonder about the messages from her teachers she would find on her scores, and about the nature of memory. She was also interested to see if the repertoire she has acquired since she learnt these pieces would change her view, or shed a new light. This highly personal recital is an exemplar of Imogen Cooper's outstanding pianism and musicianship. Album Tracks 1. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales, M 61 (1911) 2. Sonatine, M 40 (1903-05) 3. Les Jeux D'eaux À la Villa D'este, S 163 No.4 (1877) 4. Jeux D'eau, M 30 (1901) 5. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13, S. 244 No. 13 (1847) 6. Thème Et Variations, Op.73 (1895) 7. Réminiscences de Lucia Di Lammermoor de Donizetti, S 397 (1835 - 36) 8. Notturno, P. 44 No. 3 (1903-05)