John Ogdon – The Complete RCA Album Collection (2014) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

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:

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Suite, Op. 45
1. Chaconne, Op. 32 10:15
2. I. Allegretto un pochettino 03:30
3. II. Poco moderato 02:24
4. III. Molto adagio e patetico 05:41
5. IV. Allegretto innocente 02:00
6. V. Allegretto vivo 00:58
7. VI. Allegro non troppo ma vigoroso 08:01
Symphonic Suite, Op. 8
8. I. Intonation – Maestoso 02:16
9. II. Quasi allegretto 03:42
10. III. Andante 06:03
11. IV. Finale – Allegro 03:47
Three Piano Pieces, Op. 59
12. No. 1 – Impromptu – Allegro fluente 02:43
13. No. 2 – Molto adagio 03:16
14. No. 3 – Allegro non troppo 05:16

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28
15. I. Allegro moderato 11:55
16. II. Lento 08:58
17. III. Allegro molto 13:01
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36
18. I. Allegro agitato 07:30
19. II. Non allegro 06:51
20. III. Allegro molto 04:45

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 “Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier”
21. I. Allegro 10:45
22. II. Scherzo, assai vivace 02:43
23. III. Adagio sostenuto 15:22
24. IV. Largo, allegro 12:11

Peter Mennin (1923-1983)
Piano Concerto
25. I. Maestoso – Allegro 11:12
26. II. Adagio religioso 08:25
27. III. Allegro vivace 05:56

Richard Yardumian (1917-1985)
Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra
28. I. Passacaglia 08:17
29. II. Recitative 05:36
30. III. Fugue 03:44

Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
Concerto pour piano seul
31. I. Allegro assai 26:44
32. II. Adagio 11:47
33. III. Alegretto alla barbaresca 10:17

Personnel:
John Ogdon, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#25-30)
Igor Buketoff, conductor (#25-30)

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