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..Le Temps perdu...
MAURICE RAVEL
Valses nobles et sentimentales, M 61 (1911)
16:25
for Paino Solo
'...le laisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile.' Henri de Régnier
(orchestrated for the ballet Adélaïde - 'Lle langage des fleurs')
À Louis Aubert
1.
I
Modéré, trés franc - Sans ralentir -
1:33
2.
II
Assez lent, avec une expression intense - Au Mouvement (un peu plus lent et rubato) -
2:28
3.
III
Modéré - Retenu -
1:31
4.
IV
Assez animé -
1:14
5.
V
Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime -
1:23
6.
VI
Vif -
0:45
7.
VII
Moins vif - (Un peu retenu) - Tempo I (Modéré) - Un peu plus animé -
3:06
8.
VIII
Épilogue. Lent - Très expressif et en retenant - Au Mouvement -
4:25
Sonatine, M 40 (1903-05)
13:22
in F sharp minor • in fis-Moll • en fa dièse mineur
for Piano Solo
À Ida et Cipa Godebski
9.
I
Modéré - Un peu retenu - A tempo - Animé -
4:45
10.
II
Mouvement de Menuet - Plus lent -
3:56
11.
III
Animé - Sans ralentir - Même Mouvement, tranquille -
4:41
FRANZ LISZT
12.
Les Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, S 163 No.4 (1877)
8:39
from Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième Année
Allegretto - Un poco più moderato -
MAURICE RAVEL
13.
Jeux d'eau, M 30 (1901)
6:47
in E major • in E-Dur • en mi majeur
for Piano Solo
À mon Cher Maltre Gabriel Fauré
Très doux - [ ] - Premier Mouvement - [ ] -
FRANZ LISZT
14.
Hungarian Rhapsody No.13, S 244 No.13 (1847)
11:05
in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur
Au Comte Léo Festetics
Andante sostenuto - Più lento - Tempo I - Più lento -
Vivace - Un poco meno vivo - Presto assai
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Thème et variations, Op.73 (1895)
15:12
in C sharp minor • in cis-Moll • en ut dièse mineur
for Piano Solo
À Mademoiselle Thérèse Roger
15.
[Thème.] Andante moderato -
1:46
16.
Variation I. Lo stesso tempo -
0:56
17.
Variation II. Più mosso -
0:56
18.
Variation III. Un poco più mosso -
0:44
19.
Variation IV. Lo stesso tempo -
1:25
20.
Variation V. Un poco più mosso -
0:56
21.
Variation VI. Molto più moderato -
1:15
22.
Variation VII. Allegretto moderato -
0:58
23.
Variation VIII. Andante molto moderato
1:18
24.
Variation IX. Quasi Adagio -
1:27
25.
Variation X. Allegro vivo -
1:22
26.
Variation XI. Andante molto moderato
2:10
FRANZ LISZT
27.
Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor de Donizetti, S 397 (1835 - 36)
6:34
Fantaisie dramatique pour le piano
(Dramatic Fantasy for Piano)
Dédiée à Madame Vanotti
Andantino - Candenza - Con anima
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
28.
Notturno, P 44 No.3 (1903 - 05)
5:15
in G flat major • in Ges-Dur • en sol bémol majeur from Sei Pezzi
(Six Pieces) for piano
Lento
Total time: 83:20
About
Borrowing from the title of Proust’s great novel, the latest recital by Imogen Cooper features a collection of pieces that she learnt as a teenager in Paris, or in her twenties working with Alfred Brendel in Vienna, but none of which she has performed on the concert platform, or really played at all in the intervening years. Cooper studied in Paris from 1961 to 1967 with Jacques Février (who had known Ravel well), Yvonne Lefébure (who had known Alfred Cortot), and Germaine Mounier. She started to wonder about the messages from her teachers she would find on her scores, and about the nature of memory. She was also interested to see if the repertoire she has acquired since she learnt these pieces would change her view, or shed new light on them. This highly personal recital is an exemplar of Imogen Cooper’s outstanding pianism and musicianship.
Helmut Peters – Piano News (Germany) – March/April 2022
Outstanding
“…[Cooper] opens this eighty-three-minute recital with Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, establishing that she is very well recorded, with immediacy and dynamism (courtesy of Jonathan Cooper at Potton Hall during February last year) and that she is not afraid to be steely with this music, making much of accents; by contrast, she can be flexible and seductive… a rippling account of ‘Les Jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este’ … a compelling/idiomatic reading of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.13, which has an earthy quality, with Magyar melodies threaded through, en route to a scintillating conclusion. She also does Fauré’s Thème et Variations (Opus 73) proud, finely balancing harmonic elusiveness and strength of invention…”
Colin Anderson – ColinsColumn.com – 23 January 2022
“… There is never any doubt that an Imogen Cooper disc will be an enjoyable listening experience. Cooper can always be trusted to play with musicality, technical security, and with a seriousness of purpose that can pay dividends in unexpected repertoire. On this album, that seriousness scores primarily in the Ravel Jeux d’eau and Fauré variations… The Fauré is a masterful performance. Cooper’s capacity for highlighting melodic lines while also pinpointing inner voices and bass lines that respond to the melodies is astonishing, and most welcome in this very complex piece…”
Richard Masters – MusicWeb-International.com – 29 November 2021
“… it’s evident that Cooper puts care and reflection into every note that she plays. With this understanding, this album is well worth the listen for its revelations into the insights of both the music and the performer.”
Azusa Ueno – theclassicreview.com – 15 September 2021
Performance **** Recording ****
“… there is much here to enjoy.”
Roger Nichols – BBC Music magazine – November 2021
“…Revelations galore.”
Guy Rickards – International Piano – October 2021
Editor’s Choice - Instrumental
“… It’s rare to come across music-making so unguardedly personal. Add piano-playing at once cultivated and supremely natural, all of it delivered from an open mind and heart, and the combination is something you won’t want to miss.”
Patrick Rucker – Gramophone magazine – October 2021
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