The challenges of Prokofiev’s ‘War Sonatas’ trilogy may be fearsome, but Steven Osborne is one of those rare musicians who can bring light and clarity (as well as phenomenal reserves of power and concentration) to bear on some of the most ferociously volatile and brilliant piano music of the twentieth century.
‘Steven Osborne’s assured mastery in a wide range of repertoire continues to expand and amaze … Osborne is at his best in Sonata No 8 … no pianist in my experience has matched Osborne’s fina ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘It’s a huge compliment given the recordings out there already that it sounds as though these pieces might have been written for Osborne, so well does he identify with their musical intent, and rise t ...
BBC Music Magazine‘It’s a huge compliment given the recordings out there already that it sounds as though these pieces might have been written for Osborne, so well does he identify with their musical intent, and rise t ...