CESAR FRANCK / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Franck/Rachmaninov: Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello) / Stephen Hough (piano) / Rebecca Evans (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] 'Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough give a serene and eloquent performance' (Gramophone) |
BRUCH / DVORAK / R. STRAUSS / BEAU / E.D. WAGNER / NATHAN
Steven Isserlis - A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-1888 Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Olivia Jageurs (harp) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] "No cellist alive can match the eloquent intent of Steven Isserlis's line. Every phrase he threads through the warm embrace of Connie Shih's pianism is articulated and 'breathed' with the ardour of a great vocalist" BBC Music |
BEETHOVEN
Bagatelles Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Beethoven's] Leipzig publisher complained that they were such insignificant trifles no one would believe they were by Beethoven: not only slight but on the whole easy too. The joy of having a player of Steven Osborne's spare, rhythmically incisive... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano sonatas: Op 9-. Op 101, Op 106 'Hammerklavier' Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] Steven Osborne has repeatedly proved himself a Beethovenian of profound insight. In these three late sonatas-including the monumental 'Hammerklavier'-he gives performances of stunning impact and lasting fulfilment. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: The Complete Preludes Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "Deeply satisfyng, glowing Préludes from this fine British pianist..A good recording of the Debussy Préludes should feel like an occasion, and Steven Osborne delivers. His playing seeps with atmosphere and he delves deep into the composer's sound... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Music Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Some of the disc's finest moments, though, occur in the spare perfectionism of Children's Corner: here Osborne's phrasing is pure and poetic, as well as raptly atmospheric in 'The snow is dancing'. And it finishes with a deliciously louche cake-walk. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Four Impromptus D935 / Three piano pieces D946 / etc Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] "Osborne takes a wonderfully clear-sighted, analytical approach which gives the seven late works, as well as the early, often playful variations, great radiance and lyricism." (The Guardian) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Harmonies poetiques et religieuses Steven Osborne, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "Poetic, radiant playing that makes this one of the finest Liszt recordings ever made" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN
Kapustin: Piano Music: Vol 1 Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'Engaging, often witty, jazz-inspired works that are highly recommended, especially to lovers of Gershwin or Billy Mayerl' - Gramophone |
MEDTNER / RACHMANINOV
Medtner / Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Steven Osborne has become increasingly admired for his performances and recordings of Russian Romantic piano music, playing with a remarkable level of authority and a rare combination of technical ease, tonal lustre and idiomatic identification. Here... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano sonatas: 'Moonlight', 'Pathetique' & 'Waldstein' Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'The Pathetique and Waldstein sonatas receive equally refreshing and sensitive accounts. And all are recorded with Hyperion's usual finesse' (The Times) |
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) [with piano pieces by Prokofiev] Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Instrumental |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Instrumental - 'Outstanding Rachmaninov playing of acute perception, discretion and poetic sensibility, limpid, powerful and luminous in equal measure' (BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice) |
MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL de FALLA
Ravel: Piano Concertos / Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2017 ] Steven Osborne's solo Ravel for Hyperion has invited comparisons with the distinguished interpretations of the past; this new recording of the concertos is certain to win similar plaudits. The Falla is a generous and appropriate coupling, perfectly... |
MESSIAEN
Turangalîla-Symphonie Steven Osborne (piano) / Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] 'The Messiaen Monster', ridiculed by critics at its premiere-in the best tradition of works of genius-is now 'established as one of the most astonishing classics of the twentieth century', as Nigel Simeone writes in the booklet of this brilliant new... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The complete works for piano and orchestra (Incls Piano Concerto in D major) Steven Osborne (piano) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Concerto - 'Steven Osborne yields nothing to the great Sviatoslav Richter in the punchiness and fine-tuned filigree of his playing. No skating over the surface here, with Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO adept at teasing out... |
TIPPETT
Complete Music for Piano Steven Osborne (piano) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Concerto 'The Scottish pianist demonstrates the driving energy behind Tippett's solo piano music. The four sonatas dance nimbly over the keys … Nothing beats the hungry Vivace of the Piano Concerto,... |
Susan Drake (harp)
Arabesque (music by Debussy, Hasselmans, Schubert, Zabel, etc) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] 'Will give much pleasure to harpists, day-dreamers, and the good old-fashioned romantics in our midst' |
PIERNE / THOMAS / HASSELMANS / GLINKA / DEBUSSY / etc
Caprices and Fantasies Susan Drake (harp) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] 'Highly successful throughout are the playing and recording: both immaculate' - Gramophone |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 6 (Beatus vir, RV795; Salve Regina, RV617, etc) Susan Gritton, Alexandra Gibson, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Dec/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST |