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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) |
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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) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 8 Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "There are so many towering performances of these harrowing works…but I believe Steven Osborne caps them all…This is legendary stuff." BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Instrumental |
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... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen and other piano music Steven Osborne (piano I) Martin Roscoe (piano II) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] Steven Osborne has already made his name as an outstanding interpreter of Messiaen with his ecstatic recording of the Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (Hyperion, CDA67351/2), described by Gramophone as 'one of Hyperion's finest piano recordings -... |
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,... |
JOHN TAVENER
Best Of Tavener (Including Song for Athene & The Protecting Veil) Various artists including Steven Isserlis, Vasari Singers conducted by Jeremy Backhouse, Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by David Hill. etc [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] Born in London in 1944, John Tavener joined the Orthodox Church in the late 1970s. |
RAFFAELE CALACE
Mandolin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Rhapsodia Napoletana Alison Stephens (mandolin) / Steven Devine (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] If a single musical example could demonstrate the range, emotion and expressiveness of the mandolin, it is the slow movement of Concerto No. 1. |
PUCCINI / LUNA / LEHAR / VILLA-LOBOS / LOPEZ / CANTELOUBE / etc
Soprano Songs and Arias Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) / Prague Philharmonia / Steven Mercurio (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] "One of the freshest, loveliest and most musical soprano voices to have appeared for some time" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
JACQUES-FRANCOIS GALLAY
Songs of Love, War and Melancholy: The Operatic Fantasias of Jacques-François Gallay Anneke Scott (natural horn); Steven Devine (piano); Lucy Crowe (soprano) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] The third installment in Anneke Scott's series of works by the French natural horn player and composer Jacques-François Gallay presents a thrilling programme of operatic fantasias & songs. These fascinating and unique works mix incredibly... |
JOSEPH MARX
Marx: Complete Orchestral Music Vol 1 (Includes: Symphonic Night Music; Idyll-Concertino on the pastoral quart; Spring Music) Bochum Symphony Orchestra / Steven Sloane [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "An impressionistic South German voice soaked in the quintessence of lyrical expression." MusicWeb |
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford / Steven Grahl (director), Benjamin Sheen (organ)
A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church [ AVIE / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] The resounding refrains of The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford reverberate throughout A Lullaby Carol: Christmas from Christ Church, a rich tapestry of traditional and contemporary works celebrating the choir's musical heritage, particularly... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil The Clarion Choir, Steven Fox [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] The Clarion Choir and its Artistic Director Steven Fox make their Pentatone debut with a recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff's choral masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil, demonstrating their exceptional proficiency in Russian repertoire. The All-Night... |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Sequenzas I-XIV (Complete) Darrett Adkins (Cello) / Tony Arnold (Soprano) / Boris Berman (Piano) / Steven Dann (Viola) / Guy Few (Trumpet) / Erica Goodman (Harp) [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] In 1994, Berio invited the author Edoardo Sanguineti to pen epigraphs for each of the (then twelve) Sequenzas. These verses, which can be recited by the musician or read by the listener prior to performance, are not intended either as an explanation... |
ANDRE CAMPRA
Messe de Requiem Elisabeth Baudry, Monique Zanetti, Josep Benet, John Elwes & Steven Varcoe / La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] This French Baroque icon from the early days of harmonia mundi [around 1986? Ed] has been 'download only' for some years and we are delighted that Herreweghe's benchmark Campra 'Requiem' is now reissued at mid price, on hm gold, due to popular demand. |
HANDEL / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / MOZART / BELLINI / BERLIOZ / GOUND / DeLIBES / FLOYD / OFFENBACH
Opera Arias Elizabeth Futral soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Steven White [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] 'No opportunity of hearing an artist as delightful as the soprano Elizabeth Futral should be missed, so this disc is very welcome!' (BBC Music Magazine) |
