Schubert: Live - Volume 2: Sonatas 18, 19, 4 Impromptus, D935, etc

"Every note amply justifies Cooper's Schubertian credentials. She maintains perfect balance between intellect and emotion, tuning into what the Germans call Sehnsucht - a kind of longing - and subtly delineating shades of light and dark...Outstanding." Sunday Times, 22nd November 2009 ****

Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine January 2010

Pianist Imogen Cooper follows her critically acclaimed 'Schubert Live, Volume One', with the second 2-CD release in her ongoing series of Schubert's late piano music, recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Imogen Cooper's Schubert Live, Volume One (AV2156) was a runaway success both critically and commercially. An already highly respected artist found her profile, both in the media and at retail, raised to new heights. Imogen continues her exploration of Schubert's late piano music with the second volume in her ongoing series for AVIE, recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Her selection for Volume Two reflects the public appetite, in the late 1820s, for shorter piano pieces, which resulted in Six Moments Musicaux, D780 and Four Impromptus, D 935. Even the publisher of Schubert's G major Sonata, D894, described the work as a 'Fantasy, Andante, Menuetto and Allegretto', knowing that marketing the work as individual character pieces would generate healthier sales.