Lionel Rogg
Organist and composer Lionel Rogg was born in Geneva, Switzerland and educated at the Conservatory there, taking piano with Nikita Magaloff and organ with Pierre Segond. In 1961, Rogg gave the complete organ works of J.S. Bach in a series of ten recitals at Victoria Hall in Geneva. This established Rogg as one of the primary interpreters of Bach's organ music. His 1970 Angel recording of Bach's The Art of Fugue raised some controversy in critical circles as Rogg dared to complete the "Contrapunctus 28," which Bach had left unfinished. In spite of the controversy, the disc earned the Grand Prix du Disque from the Charles Cros Academy that year. Rogg has gone on to record the entire organ works of Bach three times over, his Harmonia Mundi set available on CD. Another complete set of Buxtehude's organ music took the Deutsche Schallplatten Prize in 1980. He has also recorded extensively on the harpsichord and clavicembalo. His recorded output is not exclusively limited to the Baroque period, as he has also recorded the organ music of Liszt, Brahms, and Reger, among others.
Rogg has taught and performed worldwide. In 1972, he was named professor of organ at the Geneva Conservatory, which awarded Rogg an honorary doctorate in 1989. In 1993, he dedicated the new organ installed in Victoria Hall, and since has acted as the organist in charge of this Van der Heuvel instrument.
As a composer, Rogg started out in the early 1950s writing in the serial style favored at that time. His activities as composer broke off as his career as an organist picked up, and Rogg resumed writing only in the 1980s. Casting off the doctrine of serialism in these later works, Rogg's music incorporates a broad number of stylistic elements, adding up to a result that defies distinct categorization. Rogg favors the term "free" in describing his music and these newer compositions have gained wide acceptance in Europe. In his attitude towards serialism, Rogg seems to have been a bit ahead of younger composers working within the post-modern era. Among his notable compositions are the piano duet Face à Face, the Pièce for oboe and synthesizer, the Cantata Laudes organi, and the organ work Arcature. A disc of Rogg playing his organ music was released on Wergo in August 2000. Rogg is married and has three children; his son, Olivier, is a jazz pianist.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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J.S. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Lionel Rogg)
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Dec 22, 2008
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Bach: Préludes, Toccatas and Fugues for Organ
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Feb 23, 2009
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Bach: Preludes, Fantasias and Fugues for Organ
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 7, 2009
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J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue & 'Vivaldi' Solo Organ Concertos
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 2, 2007
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Œuvres favorites pour orgue
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 15, 1999
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Organ Improvisation on Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, Vol. 2
Classical - Released by ORGANpromotion on Jan 20, 2017
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Couperin: Messe pour les Paroisses et Messe pour les Couvents
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 19, 2018
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Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 547 - Franck: Choral No. 3 in A Minor, FWV 40 - Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 (Transcription for Organ)
Classical - Released by Cascavelle on Oct 8, 1997
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El Órgano Histórico Español, Vol. 4 (La Escuela de Zaragoza I)
Classical - Released by naïve classique on Jan 1, 1992
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Grandes Epocas de la Música, Haendel, Water Music
Orchestra of the Residence de la Haye, Lionel Rogg
Classical - Released by JamadaClassics on Nov 17, 2015
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Konzertsaal-Orgeln: Lionel Rogg an der Van-den-Heuvel-Orgel der Victoria Hall zu Genf
Classical - Released by wergo on Jan 1, 2002
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Rogg Plays Reger
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1983
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Lionel Rogg plays Lionel Rogg
Classical - Released by wergo on Oct 9, 2000
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Rogg: Organ Music
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 31, 1987
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Couperin: Messe pour les Paroisses & Messe pour les Couvents
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 19, 2018
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 Version, Trans. for Organ)
Classical - Released by BIS on Mar 28, 1998
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