Imogen Cooper’s Chopin
Chandos CHAN 10902
A very personal take on a selection of Chopin’s finest, offering an individual voice of tremendous poetry, integrity and depth. Jessica Duchen writes: 'Atmospheres are intense, intimate, turbulent and dreamlike by turns; and Cooper injects every note with strength of personality.'
Read our full review of this recording here.
Read more reviews of the latest Chopin recordings here Find out more about Chopin and his works here
Schumann
Davidsbündlertänze, Geistervariationen, etc Chandos CHAN 10874
The complexity of Schumann’s emotional world shines out in Cooper’s masterful interpretations of some of his most challenging creations. Jeremy Siepmann writes: 'Cooper commands a dynamic and colouristic range beyond the reach of most pianists.'
Read our full review of this recording here.
Read more reviews of the latest Robert Schumann recordings here Find out more about Robert Schumann and his works here
Schumann and Brahms
Chandos CHAN 10755
Placing Schumann’s whirlwind imagination in Kreisleriana and Fantasiestücke alongside Brahms’s Variations (from the B flat major String Sextet), Cooper brings out the best in all of them.
Read our full review of this recording here
Read more reviews of the latest Brahms recordings here Read more reviews of the latest Robert Schumann recordings here
Schubert
Song Cycles with Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Decca 478 4272
Cooper’s long musical partnership with Holzmair is shown at its refined and powerful finest in Schubert’s three song cycles: two great artists who seem to think as one.
Read more reviews of the latest Schubert recordings here
Read our review of another great Cooper/Holzmair collaboration: songs by Schumann and Reimann, performed live at Wigmore Hall.
Mozart
Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 25 Royal Northern Sinfonia Avie AV2175
Cooper is graceful and incisive in this intimate but stirring account of two of Mozart’s biggest concertos, making the most of their chamber music qualities.
The best recordings of Mozart's piano concertos
Read more reviews of the latest Mozart recordings here
Schubert Live, Vol. 1
Avie AV2156
Recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cooper gives a visionary account of Schubert’s towering A major Sonata D959 and brings sinew and songfulness to the A minor D845 and D major D850.
Four of the best Schubert recordings
