Schumann: Fantasiestücke op 12; Kreisleriana, op 16; Brahms: String Sextet op 18

Composed by Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms

Chandos / CHAN10755

Recorded January 2013

'Throughout this superlative recital, Imogen Cooper's artistic sensibility . . . highly personal, interpretatively penetrating, yet never didactic – reflects a sympathy with the music so intimate and compelling that it seems for the most part to transcend the very concept of interpretation . . . for me, the highpoint of this marvellous release is her playing of the Brahms transcription . . . Forget that old canard that Brahms is 'thick'. The sound here is positively luminous. The result focuses equally on the richness, range and daring of Schumann's imagination, and on his stunning craftsmanship as a composer.'

BBC Music Magazine, April 2013