More By Artist: Little Steven
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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) |
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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 -... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett - Piano Concerto, Symphony no.2 Steven Osborne (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ LPO Live / CD - released 29/Nov/2024 ] "this completely symbiotic live account with Edward Gardner's LPO has both repose and electricity to surpass all others...More, much more please - an indispensable disc!" Gramophone |
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,... |
THOMAS CAMPION
Lute Songs Steven Rickards (counter-tenor) Dorothy Linell (lute) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - "The playing over all has a kind of electricity that suggest the drama of the works from which the dances are drawn." - New York Times (Allan Kozinn), April 7, 2000 |
JAMES WOOD
Phainomena / Two Men Meet / Venancio Mbande Talking with the Trees Steven Schick (percussion) / The Critical Band / James Wood [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "James Wood is an all-round musical explorer of a philosophical cast of mind yet with an ardent Messiaen-like sensibility... each piece is an ambitious synthesis of music and the world." The Sunday Times 1997 |
TORU TAKEMITSU
Takemitsu: Chamber Works: And Then I Knew 'twas Wind / Rain Tree and others Robert Aitken (flute) Steven Dann (viola) / Toronto New Music Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2004 ] "Outstanding release that showcases these musicians' empathy with Takemitsu's world" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2003) |
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. |
CHARLES IVES
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 2: Charles Ives' America William Sharp, Steven Mayer, Paul Sanchez, James Sinclair Kenneth Schermerhorn, J. Peter Burkholder, Joseph Horowitz, Judith Tick [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY A New Narrative for American Classical Music A PostClassical Ensemble 'More than Music' film series. Written and produced by Joseph Horowitz Visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Player Hauser (cello), Czech National Symphony Orchestra , Steven Mercurio (conductor) [ Masterworks / CD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] Following an incredible 10-year run as half of 2CELLOS, HAUSER is ushering a new era as a solo artist and visual concept creator with The Player, using his innovative musical stylings and irresistible charisma to bring a new wave of cello music to... |
Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9
Viper's Drag [ CD - released 27/May/2014 ] On Viper's Drag, the combination of Bernstein's bracing, visionary charts in combination with Butler's literally astonishing abilities as both interpreter and soloist, offer a new take on hot jazz. |
