095115187425

Schumann/imogen Cooper

Imogen Cooper

Regular
£15.99
Sale
£15.99
Regular
Out of Stock
Unit Price
per 

Format: CD

Cat No: CHAN10874

Email me when this is available

Release Date:  08 January 2015

Label:  Chandos

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  095115187425

Genres:  Classical  

Composer/Series:  Schumann/Imogen Cooper

  • Description

    This third recording by Imogen Cooper on Chandos features some of 'obert Schumann's most characteristic and complex works for solo piano. Cooper is one of those artists who are reaching a glorious maturity in middle age; she seems to follow in the steps of her teacher Alfred Brendel, her prodigious virtuosity coexisting with lyrical and emotional wisdom. This album includes the Davidsbündlertänze which she describes as a 'work of stirring beauty and humour that make it one of the great romantic masterpieces for the piano'. It also illustrates the journey between two sets of variations: Schumann's first published and last composed piano pieces. While the 'Abegg' is 'virtuosic, extroverted, challenging to play, and charming', the Geistervariationen are 'introverted and sparse, with a deep but elusive emotion'. Finally, in the two Novelletten Imogen Cooper reveals what she calls the 'hidden narrative filaments to be discovered' in Schumann's music; this requires 'a skill which is very necessary in the interpretation of scores that frequently appear disjointed and illogical'.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Novellette in F Sharp Minor, Op. 21, No. 8
      • 2. Lebhaft - Immer Lebendiger in G Major
      • 3. Innig in B Minor
      • 4. Mit Humor - Schneller in G Major
      • 5. Ungeduldig - Ad Libitum Da Capo in B Minor
      • 6. Einfach in D Major
      • 7. Sehr Rasch - Coda in D Minor
      • 8. Nicht Schnell in G Minor
      • 9. Frisch in C Minor
      • 10. Lebhaft in C Major
      • 11. Balladenmäßig. Sehr Rasch in D Minor/major
      • 12. Einfach - Ad Libitum Da Capo in B Minor/D Major
      • 13. Mit Humor in B Minor/E Minor/major
      • 14. Wild Und Lustig - Coda. Schneller - Immer Schneller Und Schneller in B Minor
      • 15. Zart Und Singend - Coda in E Flat Major
      • 16. Frisch - Ad Libitum Da Capo Senza Replica in B Flat Major/E Flat Major
      • 17. Mit Gutem Humor - Trio. Etwas Langsamer in G Major/B Minor
      • 18. Wie Aus Der Ferne - Nach Und Nach Schneller - Coda in B Major/minor
      • 19. Nicht Schnell in C Major
      • 20. Novellette in D Major, Op. 21, No. 2
      • 21. Tema. Animato
      • 22. Variazione I
      • 23. Variazione II
      • 24. Variazione III
      • 25. Cantabile
      • 26. Finale All Fantasia. Vivace
      • 27. Tema. Leise, Innig
      • 28. Variazione I
      • 29. Variazione II. Canonisch
      • 30. Variazione III. Etwas Belebter
      • 31. Variazione IV
      • 32. Variazione V
      • 33. Tema (Unwritten Reprise)