Release Date: 08 January 2015
Label: Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 095115187425
Genres: Classical  
Composer/Series: Schumann/Imogen Cooper
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
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Halle Choir; John Storgards
Jonathan Aasgaard; Sinfonia of London; John Wilson
Sara Dowling; Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Dame Sarah Connolly; Joseph Middleton
James Ehnes; BBC Philharmonic; Juanjo Mena
Xiayin Wang/Rsno/Oundjian
Williams Fairey Band:Gourlay:H
Williams:Lso:Hickox
Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper