I have uploaded the John Ogdon Moscow recital as one large video which also includes all the curtain calls etc. I also improved the sound quality as best I could. He is as interesting to watch as he is to hear. What a masterful pianist he was.
rbprior... Since we can all now upload very long videos, could you please maybe re-upload this all in one big video? Thanks a whole lot for sharing this with us though... We really appreciate it! I wasn't even alive when he was, but his early death was very tragic and I really do miss him.
wait... 1986? are was really need to "restore" this? there are a lot of recordings in this year and earlier very good. Was this one made with poor cameras or whatever?
I found a CD of him performing live in Tchaikovsky competition, along with Ashkenazy! Ogdon plays the Liszt concerto in E flat PHENOMENALLY, and Ashkenazy plays Tchaik Concerto 1 absolutely grand and dazzling! It's a must get. :)
That great theme at around 3:25 reminds me of a similar passage in Alkan's 'Morte', from his Op. 15. Some people argue that Alkan's own Grande Sonate, Op. 33 influenced Liszt's Sonate. The two composers were well acquainted.
Ogdon played a number of works by Alkan, aside from those he recorded.
@4candles Another interesting part about that part is that it's in D Major, which Liszt believed to be the key of God.
Liszt and Alkan were very similar composers: they require astonishing virtuosity and a high level of technique, they both were ferociously gifted pianists, they both employed (numerous times) religion, good-versus-evil, death, and other program into their pieces. They were friends too, weren't they?
Alkan dedicated his Op. 15 to Liszt, so I'm sure Liszt kept a copy handy. :)
I have uploaded the John Ogdon Moscow recital as one large video which also includes all the curtain calls etc. I also improved the sound quality as best I could. He is as interesting to watch as he is to hear. What a masterful pianist he was.
rbprior 1 year ago
@rbprior Thank you for all your videos. :)
You say you have uploaded the recital as one large video; is that on youtube?
lextune 1 year ago
rbprior... Since we can all now upload very long videos, could you please maybe re-upload this all in one big video? Thanks a whole lot for sharing this with us though... We really appreciate it! I wasn't even alive when he was, but his early death was very tragic and I really do miss him.
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
wait... 1986? are was really need to "restore" this? there are a lot of recordings in this year and earlier very good. Was this one made with poor cameras or whatever?
newFranzFerencLiszt 1 year ago
what the.... !!!! :O :O :O
newFranzFerencLiszt 1 year ago
YouTube, John Ogdon and Liszt are all incredible. This has to be some pretty rare footage?
KeithWhalen11 1 year ago
Incredible technically!
gerardbedecarter 1 year ago
I found a CD of him performing live in Tchaikovsky competition, along with Ashkenazy! Ogdon plays the Liszt concerto in E flat PHENOMENALLY, and Ashkenazy plays Tchaik Concerto 1 absolutely grand and dazzling! It's a must get. :)
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
grandioso Ogdon...ma io credo che questo concerto sia prima della malattia...
magnificent Ogdon ... but I think this concert is the earlier the disease ...
gullivior 1 year ago
No words!!
wnaenni 1 year ago
RARE! Thanks!
23BET23 1 year ago
That great theme at around 3:25 reminds me of a similar passage in Alkan's 'Morte', from his Op. 15. Some people argue that Alkan's own Grande Sonate, Op. 33 influenced Liszt's Sonate. The two composers were well acquainted.
Ogdon played a number of works by Alkan, aside from those he recorded.
4candles 1 year ago
@4candles Another interesting part about that part is that it's in D Major, which Liszt believed to be the key of God.
Liszt and Alkan were very similar composers: they require astonishing virtuosity and a high level of technique, they both were ferociously gifted pianists, they both employed (numerous times) religion, good-versus-evil, death, and other program into their pieces. They were friends too, weren't they?
Alkan dedicated his Op. 15 to Liszt, so I'm sure Liszt kept a copy handy. :)
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
i love it !!!very rare
Hippowitz 1 year ago
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meltsheep 1 year ago
Excellent restoration of this amazing rare video!
cvxmelody 2 years ago