The late English pianist John Ogdon was known for his formidable keyboard skill. He won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962 (jointly with Ashkenazy). Ogdon was a specialist of the dark-side of late-Romantic pianism (e.g., Alkan, Busoni, Rachmaninov, etc.), and here his 1971 traversal of Skryabin's Sonatas is quite excellent. Ogdon's Scriabin on first audition seems somewhat sharp-edged and clinical (like the stainless steel scalpels in a neurosurgeon's theater); yet repeated hearings reveal a certain ineffable blood-warmth.
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CD1:
1 Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 (1998 Digital Remaster) 3:33
2 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 (1998 Digital Remaster): First movement: Allegro con fuoco (1998 Digital Remaster) 6:40
3 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 (1998 Digital Remaster): Second movement: (Lento) (1998 Digital Remaster) 6:41
4 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 (1998 Digital Remaster): Third movement: Presto - Fourth movement: Funebre (1998 Digital Remaster) 9:43
5 Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 ('Sonata-Fantasia') (1998 Digital Remaster): First movement: Andante (1998 Digital Remaster) 6:40
6 Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 ('Sonata-Fantasia') (1998 Digital Remaster): Second movement: Presto (1998 Digital Remaster) 3:20
7 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 (1998 Digital Remaster): First movement: Dramatico (1998 Digital Remaster) 5:57
8 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 (1998 Digital Remaster): Second movement: Allegretto (1998 Digital Remaster) 2:18
9 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 (1998 Digital Remaster): Third movement: Andante - (1998 Digital Remaster) 5:57
10 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 (1998 Digital Remaster): Fourth movement: Presto con fuoco (1998 Digital Remaster) 4:29
11 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp, Op. 30 (1998 Digital Remaster): First movement: Andante (1998 Digital Remaster) 3:25
12 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp, Op. 30 (1998 Digital Remaster): Second movement: Prestissimo volando (1998 Digital Remaster) 4:22
13 Four Preludes, Op. 48 (1998 Digital Remaster): I: Impetuoso fiero (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:32
14 Four Preludes, Op. 48 (1998 Digital Remaster): II: Poetico con delizia (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:46
15 Four Preludes, Op. 48 (1998 Digital Remaster): III: Capricciosamente affanato (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:35
16 Four Preludes, Op. 48 (1998 Digital Remaster): IV: Festivamente (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:49
17 Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp, Op. 53 (1998 Digital Remaster) 12:15

CD2:
1 Two Morceaux, Op. 57 (1998 Digital Remaster): I: Desir (1998 Digital Remaster) 1:90
2 Two Morceaux, Op. 57 (1998 Digital Remaster): II: Caresse dansee (1998 Digital Remaster) 1:30
3 Feuillet d'album, Op. 58 (1998 Digital Remaster) 1:90
4 Piano Sonata No. 6 in G, Op. 62 (1998 Digital Remaster) 12:32
5 Two Poemes, Op. 63 (1998 Digital Remaster): I: Masque (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:47
6 Two Poemes, Op. 63 (1998 Digital Remaster): II: Etrangete (1998 Digital Remaster) 1:47
7 Piano Sonata No. 7 in F sharp, Op. 64 ('White Mass') (1998 Digital Remaster) 11:11
8 Piano Sonata No. 8 in A, Op. 66 (1998 Digital Remaster) 11:35
9 Two Preludes, Op. 67 (1998 Digital Remaster): I: Andante (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:55
10 Two Preludes, Op. 67 (1998 Digital Remaster): II: Presto (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:48
11 Piano Sonata No. 9 in F, Op. 68 ('Black Mass') (1998 Digital Remaster) 8:31
12 Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, Op. 70 (1998 Digital Remaster) 10:40
13 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 (1998 Digital Remaster) 6:30
14 Five Preludes, Op. 74 (1998 Digital Remaster): I: Douloureux, dechirant (1998 Digital Remaster) 1:60
15 Five Preludes, Op. 74 (1998 Digital Remaster): II: Tres lent, contemplatif (1998 Digital Remaster) 1:30
16 Five Preludes, Op. 74 (1998 Digital Remaster): III: Allegro drammatico (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:34
17 Five Preludes, Op. 74 (1998 Digital Remaster): IV: Lent, vague, indecis (1998 Digital Remaster) 1:48
18 Five Preludes, Op. 74 (1998 Digital Remaster): V: Fier, belliqueux (1998 Digital Remaster) 0:56

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