Imogen Cooper's Chopin
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CHOPIN
Imogen Cooper's Chopin
Imogen Cooper (piano)
[ Chandos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 27 May 2016
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Having explored the music of Schumann in three previous much-lauded recordings, Imogen Cooper now turns to the music of Chopin. Combining some of his greatest works, this album is a recital in itself.
The experience and emotional wisdom that complement her prodigious virtuosity has brought her to re-explore this often-played repertoire. As she explains: 'Chopin is surely one of the most intriguing composers we know. Fabulous writing for the piano, a complex and rich harmonic world, melody, garlands of sensuous and quicksilver sound, passion - and of course the perfect vehicle for showing off pianism. For all these reasons, but above all for the last, we go through a crash course in our student years, his huge body of work keeping us constant company and teaching us the ropes as we take our first steps in becoming a pianist. The challenge comes in adult years when, as in all repertoire, we need to rethink, and to find solutions that probably eluded us earlier.'
On top of several concerts in Europe's most prestigious venues, Imogen Cooper will tour all over the world this year, giving recitals that will include this recorded repertoire.
"In the quieter lyrical passages she finds a rare poignancy that I find most affecting - and indeed it is this element that is a constant feature of Cooper's playing. She has always been rightly lauded for her luminous, rich tone and it is deployed tellingly in Op. 61 and the two late Nocturnes which follow" Gramophone
"Atmospheres are intense, intimate, turbulent and dreamlike by turns; and Cooper injects every note with strength of personality…[her] sense of authority becomes vast in the Polonaise-Fantasie and Ballades, yet is always tempered with tenderness in the tone quality and wisdom in structural understanding. The Nocturnes are pure-hearted and subtly coloured; and to conclude, the Berceuse is five minutes of hushed, filigree meditation" BBC Music Five Stars
"This is intelligent music-making of the hihest order and, with a total duration of 80 minutes, real value for money" InternationalPiano
Tracks:
Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'
Two Nocturnes Op. 62
Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
