John Ogdon: Views?

[John Skelton]

Much appreciated Clive, thanks. Please don't let one thoughtless and mistaken comment put you off coming here. I've enjoyed listening to the Schönberg and Mahler very much (on the to listen to list next, Ogdon / Groves in Messiaen). Good to meet another Eric Dolphy fan .

[Panjandrum]

For a thoughtless remark like that, I'd say you need filling in

What an appallingly offensive and tasteless remark at this of all seasons.

[amateur51]

What an appallingly offensive and tasteless remark at this of all seasons.

Likewise, I'm sure

I was responding to your offensive remark to clive heath , someone who has brought delight to many members via his website, and all you could do was to suggest that he was a spammer. You dole it out but can't take it, eh Panyan?

[Barbirollians]

Anyone heard either of the two BBC Legends records -Beethoven 5 with Horenstein and a Brahms 2 with Barbirolli which sounds tempting .

[richardfinegold]

Anyone heard either of the two BBC Legends records -Beethoven 5 with Horenstein and a Brahms 2 with Barbirolli which sounds tempting .

You can listen to excerpts of the Beethoven on the Amazon site. Be aware that it is a mono recording.

[slarty]

The Brahms Concerto with Barbirolli is a BBC Studios Manchester performance from the 16th september 1966 and although in mono, it is very good sound. Excellent performance. there is a fine rapport between Ogdon and JB. The filler is the Opus 111 of Beethoven given in the BBC studios in 1963. Also in good sound.
This is a fine CD.

[slarty]

Anyone heard either of the two BBC Legends records -Beethoven 5 with Horenstein and a Brahms 2 with Barbirolli which sounds tempting .

The Beethoven 5 with Horenstein is from a live performance given in the German city of Viersen on the 21 January 1969. Performance is in mono but never the less in very good clear sound. Wonderful to hear JO with Horenstein - the disc is worth it just for this.
Also on the disc is a stereo performance of the Schubert sonata D958 given in the Maida Vale studios in 1972.

[Pianorak]

I'm probably alone in not warming to John Ogdon's Scriabin recordings. My loss, obviously. To me they are just notes, swiftly and expertly despatched.
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[BBMmk2]

I have those two volumes of John Ogdon's playing various works, from that mammoth piano box set of various artists. Now what was it called?

[Lento]

puzzling over a score of the second Boulez piano sonata. In walks Ogdon exclaiming, "Aha! - what have we here?" - whereupon he sits down at the piano and sight reads his way through the piece with nonchalant ease and fluency.

Apparently he then said "it's a funny piece, isn't it"?

[Barbirollians]

Thanks slarty.

I have the 70th birthday 4 CD set they put out a few years back . This includes the unpublished Paganini Rhapsody where the piano does rather seem to zoom in and out of focus . Exciting performance though and the Bartok 1 that was also so unpublished .

Some crackers though especially his Rachmaninov 2 with Pritchard and an enormously musical Tchaikovsky 1 with Barbirolli. His own piano concerto is an acquired taste and not one I have quite acquired .