Browse: Imogen Cooper (piano)

Cooper describes [the Diabellis] as ‘a wonderful journey…I am instantly in a good mood when practising or performing this piece.’ And that is what overwhelmingly comes over in her superb recording…Cooper... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Everything Cooper does speaks of long acquaintance and real empathy…her readings are unfailingly absorbing — Gramophone Magazine, October 2015 More…

…Imogen Cooper is second to none in Schubert. The sound she so carefully makes is a glorious companion throughout, casting radiance on the first two Moments musicaux, the spellbinding last of... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It is difficult to imagine Debussy-playing more personal, suggestive or voluptuous. Cooper has lived with this music long and well…She gives us an Albéniz entirely her own, all the more vivid... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2019 More…

Holzmair's way with Schumann has always been special: his light, soft-grained baritone senses out the half-tones, the shadows, the emotional fragility of the composer's Lieder...Cooper responds... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Cooper is alert to every dimension, transcending technique in a synthesis of human emotion, psychological acumen and dramaturgical insight. Her sense of balance is unerring, be it in solo work... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Cooper has a thorough command of the Schumann language in the major works buttressing her recital...judiciously differentiated, finely balanced and sustained by a compelling impulse. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 More…

Imogen Cooper's strongly projected, stylistically sensitive performance stands up even alongside such distinguished modern versions as Uchida, Brendel and Schiff. With crystalline articulation... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

These performances were recorded live at a Queen Elizabeth Hall recital given in 2008. Free from the confines of the studio, Cooper rises to the occasion with performances that show a courageous... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 More…