Imogen Cooper Plays Beethoven Piano Chandos

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Eleven Bagatelles, Op.119 (compiled 1822)

for Piano

Allegretto

2:41

in G minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur

Andante con moto

1:11

in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur

à l'Allemande - Coda

1:58

in D major • in D-Dur • en la majeur

Andante cantabile

1:43

in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur

Risoluto

1:21

in C minor • in c-Moll • en ut mineur

Andante - Allegretto - L'istesso tempo

1:56

in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur

[Allegro, ma non troppo]

1:07

in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur

Moderato cantabile

1:41

in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur

Vivace moderato

0:30

in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur

10.

Allegramente

0:15

in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur

11.

Andante, ma non troppo

1:56

in B flat major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur

Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op.120 (1819-23)

58:34

in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur

for Piano

Frau Antonia von Brentano gewidmet

12.

Tema. Vivace -

0:54

13.

Variazione I. Alla Marcia maestoso -

1:48

14.

Variazione II. Poco allegro -

0:56

15.

Variazione III. L'istesso tempo -

1:24

16.

Variazione IV. Un poco più vivace -

1:10

17.

Variazione V. Allegro vivace -

0:58

18.

Variazione VI. Allegro ma non troppo e serioso -

2:00

19.

Variazione VII. Un poco più allegro -

1:19

20.

Variazione VIII. Poco vivace -

1:32

21.

Variazione IX. Allegro pesante e risoluto -

1:45

22.

Variazione X. Presto -

0:40

23.

Variazione XI. Allegretto -

1:16

24.

Variazione XII. Un poco più moto -

0:53

25.

Variazione XIII. Vivace -

1:08

26.

Variazione XIV. Grave e maestoso -

5:36

27.

Variazione XV. Presto scherzando -

0:35

28.

Variazione XVI. Allegro -

1:04

29.

Variazione XVII. [L'istesso tempo] -

1:07

30.

Variazione XVIII. Poco moderato -

1:53

31.

Variazione XIX. Presto -

0:58

32.

Variazione XX. Andante -

2:20

33.

Variazione XXI. Allegro con brio - Meno allegro - Tempo I - Meno allegro -

1:24

34.

Variazione XXII. Allegro molto alla 'Notte e giorno faticar' di Mozart -

0:51

35.

Variazione XXIII. Allegro assai -

0:55

36.

Variazione XXIV. Fughetta. Andante -

3:17

37.

Variazione XXV. Allegro -

0:48

38.

Variazione XXVI. [Allegretto] Piacevole -

1:12

39.

Variazione XXVII. Vivace -

1:07

40.

Variazione XXVIII. Allegro -

1:08

41.

Variazione XXIX. Adagio ma non troppo -

1:22

42.

Variazione XXX. Andante, sempre cantabile -

2:10

43.

Variazione XXXI. Largo, molto espressivo

5:05

44.

Variazione XXXII. Fuga. Allegro - Poco adagio -

3:13

45.

Variazione XXXIII. Tempo di Menuetto moderato (ma non tirarsi dietro)

4:27

46.

Bagatelle, WoO 59 'Für Elise' (c.1810)

3:31

in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur

Für Elise am 27. April zur Erinnerung an L. v. Bthn.

Poco moto

Total time: 78:32

Solo: Imogen Cooper piano

Recommended

“…She [Cooper] remains the epitome of refinement and good taste; an intelligent, unaffected artist who puts herself squarely at the service of the music. Her recent discs for Chandos have been consistently probing and enjoyable by turn, but I suspect this Beethoven issue is the best yet. Her nuanced account of the Op 120 is among the most compelling I have heard on disc, and the outstanding Chandos sound does both composer and pianist great credit. William Drabkin’s readable and detailed analyses complete a fine issue.”

Richard Hanlon – MusicWeb-International.com – 4 June 2019

“…these are performances that bloom with quietly gracious culture, the intellect behind them searching and deliberated, the timbered, clay-brick Snape acoustic engineered to a nicety (Jonathan Cooper)…” ****

Ates Orga – ClassicalSource.com – 24 April 2019

Instrumental Choice

Performance ***** Recording *****

“Imogen Coopers’ Beethoven is sensitive and full of joy.”

Michael Church - BBC Music magazine - May 2019

“Over many years, Imogen Cooper has proved herself to be an exemplary interpreter of the music of Beethoven, and this disc consolidates her reputation. As the pianist noted: ‘Each variation tells a whole story, and for all that some are connected in mood, it is no mean feat as a performer to respect the huge scope of Beethoven’s vision.”

Barry Forshaw – Classical CD Choice – 28 March 2019

“…I’m grateful to Imogen Cooper for reminding me what treasures they [Op. 119 Bagatelles] have to offer, sometimes at moments towards the ends of pieces when you least expect them. It takes real artistry to apply such subtle variations of expressive pressure from phrase to phrase as Cooper delights in. Every detail here is patiently appreciated and gratefully addressed: neither self-regardingly spelt out nor diminishing pieces to the statues of a mere appetiser… Chandos’s recorded sound has a natural glow without ever compromising clarity…”

David Fanning – Gramophone magazine – April 2019

Album of the Week

“…Cooper’s technical command and musical insights are up there with those of her mentor, Alfred Brendel, or Stephen Kovacevich, and her thoughtful, melancholy delivery of the famous, enigmatic Für Elise is a delectable encore.”

Hugh Canning - The Sunday Times (Culture magazine) - 17 March 2019

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