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BBC Legends - Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2, etc / Ogdon

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Performers: Ogdon, John
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

John Ogdon studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music. He made his London deut at the Henry Wood Proms in 1958 playing the Busoni...continue...

Ogdon - Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5, etc; Schubert

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-04-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Variations (32) for Piano in C minor on an Original Theme, WoO 80; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958
Performers: Ogdon, John
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony

"John Ogdon's career was reaching its peak when, in January of 1969, he performed Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto at the Festhalle in Viersen, Germany. It is...continue...