Imogen Cooper also studied with Alfred Brendel in Vienna, who was a great champion of Liszt as a visionary and prolific genius.
Interpretation
Imogen Cooper's teachers at the Paris Conservatoire used her scores to write 'catty messages' to one another, including the comment 'Ravel m'a dit' ('Ravel told me').
Interpretation
Imogen Cooper largely retained the original fingerings from her youth for this recording, noting that it is 'notoriously hard to change fingerings' from decades back.
Performer Biography
Imogen Cooper, the pianist on this album, studied at the Paris Conservatoire from ages twelve to eighteen, where her teachers included Jacques Février, who knew Ravel.
Instruments
The piano used for this recording is a Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano, serial number 592087.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded using 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Interpretation
The album's concept stems from Imogen Cooper's desire to re-explore pieces she learned as a teenager in Paris and as a twenty-year-old in Vienna, none of which she had performed in her adult years.
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