United Kingdom
EMI: 3927472
John Ogdon - 70th Anniversary Edition
Our Price: £12.50
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Release Date: 2nd July 2007
“There was no gentler giant in music than John Ogdon.” Edward Greenfield of The Guardian
“His never diminishing interest in contemporary music should continue to be an example for all performing artists” Daniel Barenboim
“a genius of enormous sensitivity and very great humour” Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
One of the greatest pianists Britain has ever produced, John Ogdon, died prematurely in 1989, aged 52. This 4 CD set has been released to mark what would have been his 70th birthday.
Many of the recordings appear on CD for the first time (*) and two - the Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody and the Bartók concerto - have never been published before.
All are entirely newly transferred and digitally remastered. The result - superb value at budget price - is an ear-ravishing feast of musical virtuosity and a glorious memento of Ogdon in his heyday. Of particular musical interest are three of Ogdon’s own compositions, including his First Piano Concerto, and a towering account of Liszt’s B minor Sonata.
Contents:
CD 1 (79.34)
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 (previously unreleased)
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Sir John Pritchard
Fauré - Ballade in F sharp Op.19
Litolff - Scherzo (Concerto symphonique No.4 in D minor Op.102)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ∙ Louis Frémaux
CD 2 (79.52)
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
Franck - Symphonic Variations
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Sir John Barbirolli
Liszt - Hungarian Fantasia S123*
Liszt arr. Busoni - Rhapsodie espagnole S254*
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Sir John Pritchard
CD 3 (75.24)
Bartók - Piano Concerto No.1 Sz83 (previously unreleased)
Philharmonia Orchestra ∙ Sir Malcolm Sargent
Glazunov - Piano Concerto No.1 in F minor Op.92*
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ∙ Paavo Berglund
Ogdon - Piano Concerto No.1*
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ∙ Lawrence Foster
CD 4 - solo piano* (79.53)
Ogdon - Piano Sonata
Ogdon - Theme and Variations
Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor S178
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 in A minor (Rákóczy March) S244 No.15
Liszt - Valse oubliée No.1 S215 No.1
Liszt - Csárdás macabre S224
Liszt - En ręve - Nocturne S207
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 in A minor (Rákóczy March) S244 No.15
Liszt - Valse oubliée No.1 S215 No.1
Liszt - Csárdás macabre S224
Liszt - En ręve - Nocturne S207
Composers on this disc include....
Sergei Rachmaninov
,
Gabriel Fauré
,
Henry Charles Litolff
,
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
,
Cesar Franck
,
Franz Liszt
,
Bela Bartok
,
Alexander Glazunov
,
John Ogdon
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