Imogen Cooper Rediscovered - Schubert & Beethoven
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Label: Nimbus
Cat No: NI7120
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Expected Release Date: 3rd July 2026
Contents
Works
Piano Sonata no.7 in D major, op.10 no.3Hungarian Melody in B minor, D817
Piano Sonata no.14 in A minor, D784
Artists
Imogen Cooper (piano)Works
Piano Sonata no.7 in D major, op.10 no.3Hungarian Melody in B minor, D817
Piano Sonata no.14 in A minor, D784
Artists
Imogen Cooper (piano)About
“From the age of eleven Imogen Cooper studied in Paris with the distinguished French pianist Jacques Février. By her own admission she returned to London like ‘a little French girl … full of Gallicisms’. During her years at the Paris Conservatoire she added Yvonne Lefébure to Février as her two primary masters. After six years she was awarded a Premier Prix de Piano.
“Returning to London in the mid-1960s Imogen began her career, receiving encouragement and inspiration from Clifford Curzon and Arthur Rubinstein. In 1969 she won the London Mozart Players Mozart Memorial Prize. A meeting with Alfred Brendel led to a period of intense study in Vienna that she describes as ‘an education, and an enriching experience’. She credits Brendel with showing her ‘how to listen, how to be aware of what I was doing, the meaning and shape of the phrase and not just the notes’.
“This recording, made in 1973, was one of Imogen’s earliest – perhaps her first – recording session. The session notes outline two days where the focus was on delivering complete takes of each movement. The Beethoven Sonata and Schubert Ungarische Melodie were completed on the first day, and was simply played twice. The Schubert Sonata on the second day proceeded in the same way – a run through of the whole work, plus a repeat of the second and third movements.
“This recording was released on LP in 1977 but has never been reissued. Naturally Imogen has more to say now than she did in 1973, at just twenty-four years old. Yet there is already real poise and gravity in this playing. We offer this re-release in that spirit, acknowledging the inspirational career that followed, and wishing her continued success as she embarks on her farewell tour in 2026.”
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