Liszt & Wagner: Piano Works / Cooper

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
March 17, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LISZT, FRANZ
    • PERFORMER
      Imogen, Cooper
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 17, 2017
    • UPC
      095115193822
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10938
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Valse oubliée No. 2, S. 215 No. 2

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    2. Gretchen, S. 513

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    3. No. 1. Sposalizio (Marriage of the Virgin)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    4. No. 2. Il penseroso (The Thinker)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    5. No. 3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Canzonetta of Salvador Rosa)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    6. No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    7. Trübe Wolken (Nuages gris), S199/R78

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    8. Élégie

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    9. Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude (Arr. Z. Kocsis)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    10. La lugubre gondola, S. 200 No. 1 "Elegie No. 3"

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    11. Isoldes Liebestod, S. 447 (After R. Wagner)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper

    12. Bagatelle sans tonalité, S. 216a

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Imogen Cooper


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.