Schumann / Imogen Cooper Imogen Cooper Plays Schumann CD

This recording is Imogen Cooper's third Chandos release, following earlier discs of works by Brahms and Robert and Clara Schumann. Ms. Cooper describes Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze, op. 6 as a "work of stirring beauty and humor that make it one of the great romantic masterpieces for the piano." The Abegg Variations, op. 1 is "virtuosic, extroverted and charming"; the Geistervariationen, his last composed piano pieces, "introverted and sparse." Finally, in the two Novelletten, Imogen Cooper desires to reveal what she calls the "hidden narrative filaments to be discovered."

1. Novellette in F Sharp Minor, Op. 21, No. 8 2. Lebhaft - Immer Lebendiger in G Major 3. Innig in B Minor 4. Mit Humor - Schneller in G Major 5. Ungeduldig - Ad Libitum Da Capo in B Minor 6. Einfach in D Major 7. Sehr Rasch - Coda in D Minor 8. Nicht Schnell in G Minor 9. Frisch in C Minor 10. Lebhaft in C Major 11. Balladenm?ig. Sehr Rasch in D Minor/Major 12. Einfach - Ad Libitum Da Capo in B Minor/D Major 13. Mit Humor in B Minor/E Minor/Major 14. Wild Und Lustig - Coda. Schneller - Immer Schneller Und Schneller in B Minor 15. Zart Und Singend - Coda in E Flat Major 16. Frisch - Ad Libitum Da Capo Senza Replica in B Flat Major/E Flat Major 17. Mit Gutem Humor - Trio. Etwas Langsamer in G Major/B Minor 18. Wie Aus Der Ferne - Nach Und Nach Schneller - Coda in B Major/Minor 19. Nicht Schnell in C Major 20. Novellette in D Major, Op. 21, No. 2 21. Tema. Animato 22. Variazione I 23. Variazione II 24. Variazione III 25. Cantabile 26. Finale All Fantasia. Vivace 27. Tema. Leise, Innig 28. Variazione I 29. Variazione II. Canonisch 30. Variazione III. Etwas Belebter 31. Variazione IV 32. Variazione V 33. Tema (Unwritten Reprise)