‘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 tea ...
‘Britten's three works for solo piano are relatively neglected and Steven Osborne's brilliant performances, backed by the conductor Ilan Volkov, make one wonder why’ (The Sunday Telegraph)
‘Steven Osborne and Ilan Volkov launch into the Piano Concerto's opening 'Toccata' at a headlong pace … for all the remarkable velocity, the playing has weight and incisiveness too, and Osborne's ...