Le Temps Perdu
Composed by Gabriel Fauré, Franz Liszt, Maurice Ravel, Ottorino Respighi
Chandos / CHAN20235 / Potton Hall, Suffolk
Recorded February 2021
As a teenager Imogen Cooper studied in Paris from 1961 to 1967 with Jacques Février (who had known Ravel well), Yvonne Lefébure (who had known Alfred Cortot), and Germaine Mounier. She started to wonder about the messages from her teachers she would find on her scores, and about the nature of memory. She was also interested to see if the repertoire she has acquired since she learnt these pieces would change her view, or shed new light on them. This highly personal recital is an exemplar of Imogen Cooper’s outstanding pianism and musicianship.
TRACKLISTING
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
I. Modéré, très franc
II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense
III. Modéré
IV. Assex animé
V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
VI. Vif
VII. Moins vif
VIII. Épilogue
Ravel: Sonatine
I. Modéré
II. Mouvement de Menuet
III. Animé
Liszt: Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d'Este
(Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 No. 4)
Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 13 in A
Fauré: Thème and Variations, op 73
Thème. Andante moderato
Variation I. Lo stess tempo
Variation II. Più mosso
Variation III. Un poco più mosso
Variation IV. Lo stesso tempo
Variation V. Un poco più mosso
Variation VI. Molto più moderato
Variation VII. Allegretto moderato
Variation VIII. Andante molto moderato
Variation IX. Quasi Adagio
Variation X. Allegro vivo
Variation XI. Andante molto moderato
Liszt: Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor, S397
Respighi: Notturno