Maurice Ravel:
Valses nobles et sentimentales, M 61
Sonatine in F sharp minor, M 40
Jeux d’eau in E minor, M 30

Franz Liszt:
Les Jeux d’eaux a la Villa d’Este, S 163 No. 4
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor, S 244 No. 13
Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor de Donizetti, S 397

Gabriel Fauré:
Theme et variations in C sharp minor, Op. 73

Ottorino Respighi:
Notturno in G flat major, P 44 No. 3

Borrowing from the title of Proust’s great novel, the latest recital by Imogen Cooper features a collection of pieces that she learnt as a teenager in Paris, or in her twenties working with Alfred Brendel in Vienna, but none of which she has performed on the concert platform, or really played at all in the intervening years. 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.

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Recording: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk; 19 – 22 February 2021. Piano: Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano (serial no. 592 087).