Vinyl Edition Reissue

A program which bridges Debussy's first work for piano (the 'Danse bohémienne', from 1880) and his last ('Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon', from 1917). Steven Osborne is equally... more

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp.109, 110 & 111 - Beethoven's three final sonatas constitute one of music's great spiritual journeys, one which only a very few pianists are qualified to undertake. Steven... more

LPO Principal Conductor Edward Gardner loves the music of Michael Tippett, he says, because of it's 'otherworldly, luminous and elemental' qualities, which 'strike right from his inspiration to a... more

Debussy may have stipulated 'mains formidables' as the requirement for pianists tackling his Études, but they need a lot more besides. It's clear from these magisterial performances that Steven... more

Steven Osborne's unerring command of the elusive ambiguities of Debussy's piano-writing has already been amply confirmed by his earlier recording of the two books of Préludes; these lustrous new... more

A bewitching program of music often associated with childhood, including favorites by Fauré, Ravel and Debussy. These works amply reward the care lavished on them by Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne in... more

2019 release. Steven Osborne is one of Britain's most treasured musicians whose insightful and idiomatic interpretations of diverse repertoire show an immense musical depth. His awards include the... more

Scottish pianist Steven Osborne was born in 1971. His father was a church organist. Osborne began his course of study in his native Edinburgh with Richard Beauchamp; he completed it at the Royal... more

Steven Osborne is one of the finest pianists recording today. His recent release of Rachmaninov's Preludes was critically acclaimed as the greatest modern version since Ashkenazy. Now he turns to... more

"Rachmaninov fans won't want to miss this" was Gramophone's verdict on Steven Osborne's recording of the Études-tableaux, and this thrilling new release is an equally essential acquisition. Osborne... more

The Seattle Symphony releases live performances of Olivier Messiaen's Des canyons aux étoiles... ("From the Canyons to the Stars..."), which takes inspiration from the rock spires, birdsong and night... more

"The Messiaen Monster," ridiculed by critics at it's premiere - in the best tradition of works of genius - is now, "established as one of the most astonishing classics of the twentieth century," as... more

Feldman: Palais de Mari; Crumb: A Little Suite for Christmas Steven Osborne (piano) - The extraordinary soundscapes conjured by Morton Feldman and George Crumb are like nothing else in the whole of... more

Among Schumann's inspired late chamber works is a collection of music for more unusual instruments, composed in a concentrated flurry of creativity between 1849 and 1853 and written specifically for... more