John Ogdon – John Ogdon: The Complete RCA Album Collection (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

John Ogdon – John Ogdon: The Complete RCA Album Collection (2014)
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Sony Classical releases a six-album collection encompassing John Ogdon’s complete recordings for the RCA Victor label to mark the 25th anniversary of this legendary British pianist’s untimely death in 1989.
Four LPs appear here for the first time on CD, while a 1972 Liszt recital is released for the first time outside of Japan. The repertoire reflects different facets of Ogdon’s large-scale pianism and unusual musical proclivities. From an early age he displayed a passion for Liszt that never abated. His penchant for surmounting the piano repertoire’s most challenging edifices brilliantly manifests itself in Beethoven’s mighty “Hammerklavier” Sonata, Rachmaninoff’s two piano sonatas and the first complete recording of Alkan’s Concerto for Piano Solo.

One album featuring piano music by Carl Nielsen drew attention to this composer’s often undervalued keyboard output, as well as Ogdon’s lifelong curiosity about important works outside the central repertoire. Ogdon’s recording of Peter Mennin’s Piano Concerto and the first of two recordings he made of Richard Yardumian’s Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue for piano and orchestra also represent the pianist’s fervent advocacy for the music of his time.

Tracklist:

1-01. John Ogdon – Chaconne, Op. 32 (10:14)
1-02. John Ogdon – Suite, Op. 45: I. Allegretto un pochettino (03:30)
1-03. John Ogdon – Suite, Op. 45: II. Poco moderato (02:23)
1-04. John Ogdon – Suite, Op. 45: III. Molto adagio e patetico (05:41)
1-05. John Ogdon – Suite, Op. 45: IV. Allegretto innocente (02:00)
1-06. John Ogdon – Suite, Op. 45: V. Allegretto vivo (00:57)
1-07. John Ogdon – Suite, Op. 45: VI. Allegro non troppo ma vigoroso (08:03)
1-08. John Ogdon – Symphonic Suite, Op. 8: I. Intonation – Maestoso (02:16)
1-09. John Ogdon – Symphonic Suite, Op. 8: II. Quasi allegretto (03:42)
1-10. John Ogdon – Symphonic Suite, Op. 8: III. Andante (06:03)
1-11. John Ogdon – Symphonic Suite, Op. 8: IV. Finale – Allegro (03:47)
1-12. John Ogdon – Three Piano Pieces, Op. 59: No. 1 – Impromptu – Allegro fluente (02:43)
1-13. John Ogdon – Three Piano Pieces, Op. 59: No. 2 – Molto adagio (03:16)
1-14. John Ogdon – Three Piano Pieces, Op. 59: No. 3 – Allegro non troppo (05:16)
2-01. John Ogdon – Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: I. Allegro moderato (11:54)
2-02. John Ogdon – Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: II. Lento (08:58)
2-03. John Ogdon – Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: III. Allegro molto (13:00)
2-04. John Ogdon – Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: I. Allegro agitato (07:29)
2-05. John Ogdon – Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: II. Non allegro (06:51)
2-06. John Ogdon – Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: III. Allegro molto (04:45)
3-01. John Ogdon – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 ‘Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier’: I. Allegro (10:45)
3-02. John Ogdon – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 ‘Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier’: II. Scherzo, assai vivace (02:43)
3-03. John Ogdon – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 ‘Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier’: III. Adagio sostenuto (15:22)
3-04. John Ogdon – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 ‘Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier’: IV. Largo, allegro (12:10)
4-01. John Ogdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Buketoff – Piano Concerto: I. Maestoso – Allegro (11:12)
4-02. John Ogdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Buketoff – Piano Concerto: II. Adagio religioso (08:25)
4-03. John Ogdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Buketoff – Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace (05:56)
4-04. John Ogdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Buketoff – Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra: I. Passacaglia (08:17)
4-05. John Ogdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Buketoff – Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra: II. Recitative (05:36)
4-06. John Ogdon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Buketoff – Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra: III. Fugue (03:44)
5-01. John Ogdon – Concerto pour piano seul: I. Allegro assai (26:44)
5-02. John Ogdon – Concerto pour piano seul: II. Adagio (11:46)
5-03. John Ogdon – Concerto pour piano seul: III. Alegretto alla barbaresca (10:16)

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