John Ogdon plays RachmaninovJOHN OGDON RACHMANINOV CD

This CD was released in 2002, UK catalogue no. CMS 5 67938 2

ANDREW CLEMENTS, THE GUARDIAN, 23/08/2002

these are deeply satisfying performances, poetic as well as virtuosic

these recordings... show Ogdon in the repertory he loved best.... cutting through the torrents of notes to find the structural core... the sovereign command of the playing is never in doubt.

GEOFFREY NORRIS, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 31/08/2002

... a three-disc set that testifies to Ogdon's remarkable affinity with Rachmaninov's musical idiom...  He is in commanding form.

JULIAN HAYLOCK, CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE, October 2002
RATED BY CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE AS BEST BUY INSTRUMENTAL CD

what shines through is a breathtaking mastery of the idiom and compelling musical imagination to keep you ont the edge of your seat.  Ogdon exalts in the turbulent Etudes Tableaux as never before.  An unmissable set.

MICHALE KENNEDY, THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, 15/09/2002

... these are deeply satisfying performances, poetic as well as virtuosic, especially in the Preludes where the changes of mood are superbly captured and manipulated.... he is in dazzling form...  Both the sonatas are grandly performed ....  No student of pianism will want to be without these discs.

IAN LACE, CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE WEB, 02/11/2002

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