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Liszt & Wagner: Piano Works / Cooper
Chandos

Liszt & Wagner: Piano Works / Cooper

$21.99

Details

Composer
LISZT, FRANZ
Artist
Imogen, Cooper
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Mar 17, 2017
Catalog #
CHAN 10938
UPC
095115193822

About

After a highly successful recordings of works by Brahms, the Schumanns, and Chopin, Imogen Cooper plunges into the world of another great romantic, Franz Liszt, and places him alongside that other giant, Richard Wagner. This is an evocative programme of original compositions and intimate transcriptions, ranging from poetic movements from the Années de Pèlerinage: Italie to dark and deeply elegiac pieces, including Liszt's La lugubre gondola I and Wagner's Elegie. It also features a transcription by Zoltán Kocsis of the intensely passionate prelude to Tristan und Isolde. The famous pianist and conductor died prematurely in November, 2016. It was his work that inspired this recording to begin with, and Imogen Cooper dedicates the album to his memory. Breathtaking music in unique interpretations: romanticism without melodrama, virtuosity without fuss.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Valse oubliée No. 2, S. 215 No. 2 06:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    Valse oubliée No. 2, S. 215 No. 2
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  2. 2 Gretchen, S. 513 19:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gretchen, S. 513
    Duration
    19:03
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  3. 3 No. 1. Sposalizio (Marriage of the Virgin) 07:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. Sposalizio (Marriage of the Virgin)
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  4. 4 No. 2. Il penseroso (The Thinker) 04:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2. Il penseroso (The Thinker)
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  5. 5 No. 3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Canzonetta of Salvador Rosa) 03:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Canzonetta of Salvador Rosa)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  6. 6 No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch) 06:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch)
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  7. 7 Trübe Wolken (Nuages gris), S199/R78 02:27
    Track
    7
    Title
    Trübe Wolken (Nuages gris), S199/R78
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  8. 8 Élégie 01:23
    Track
    8
    Title
    Élégie
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  9. 9 Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude (Arr. Z. Kocsis) 08:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude (Arr. Z. Kocsis)
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  10. 10 La lugubre gondola, S. 200 No. 1 "Elegie No. 3" 04:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    La lugubre gondola, S. 200 No. 1 "Elegie No. 3"
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  11. 11 Isoldes Liebestod, S. 447 (After R. Wagner) 06:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    Isoldes Liebestod, S. 447 (After R. Wagner)
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper
  12. 12 Bagatelle sans tonalité, S. 216a 02:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    Bagatelle sans tonalité, S. 216a
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Imogen Cooper