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Uploaded by on Jan 30, 2010

From a John Ogdon recital given at the Great Hall in Moscow 1986. Restored by RBP. This is one of the finest performances of the Liszt sonata and certainly the best one by John Ogdon that I have heard.

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  • 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.

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  • @rbprior Thank you for all your videos. :)

    You say you have uploaded the recital as one large video; is that on youtube?

  • 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?

  • what the.... !!!! :O :O :O

  • YouTube, John Ogdon and Liszt are all incredible. This has to be some pretty rare footage?

  • Incredible technically!

  • @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 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. :)

  • grandioso Ogdon...ma io credo che questo concerto sia prima della malattia...

    magnificent Ogdon ... but I think this concert is the earlier the disease ...

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