Schubert: Four Impromptus D935 / Three piano pieces D946 / etc

"I am enchanted by Osborne's unselfconscious, poised and probing yet poetic approach to the four D935 Impromptus. The arresting opening of the F minor Impromptu, the first of the set, almost literally grabs you by the scruff of the neck. Wyastone Estate's Concert Hall provides a warm spacious acoustic with just the right amount of resonance and reverberation to add edge and clarity to Osborne's distinguished playing. The exquisitely voiced Steinway further adds to the success of the mix. This release certainly gets the thumbs up from me." (MusicWeb Nov 2015)

"Steven Osborne is perhaps the outstanding British pianist of his generation, certainly one of the most versatile and adventurous…where Osborne excels is in his grasp of structure - if anyone remains who thinks that Schubert just rambles delightfully on, these accounts should lead to a rapid change of mind; and in coping effortlessly with Schubert's unhelpfully awkward leaps" (BBC Music)

"Osborne immediately presents himself as a Schubertian of the utmost seriousness and integrity, and throughout the disc [he] offers finely gauged and beautifully regulated playing. His is a patient, ostensibly non-interventionist approach, in which the poetry of Schubert's music is allowed to speak for itself." (Gramophone)