‘Few possess the spiritual, emotional and physical stamina required for a successful interpretation of the complete cycle … Steven Osborne’s new account certainly demonstrates these qualities in abundance’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘An original and personal reading … this newcomer then, is a compelling addition to the catalogue, beautifully set down … recommended’ (International Piano)

‘Every movement gives a new cause for wonder at the luminosity, the sensitivity of touch or the febrile energy revealed in Osborne’s playing. He is accurate but daring, precise but impassioned, strong but gentle, as excellent in detail as in overall shape. Maybe you’d just better go and buy it’ (Pianist)

‘Hyperion’s presentation, like the recorded sound, complements Osborne’s magnificent grasp of the music … it is without question one of the finest versions of the Vingt Regards to have appeared’ (International Record Review)

‘Playing of absorbing intensity … one of the most successful and spectacular piano discs of recent years’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘Anyone looking for a recording of Messiaen's most famous piano work can do no better than Osborne's’ (The Guardian)

‘An ideal combination of spirituality and transcendent virtuosity. This is an outstanding achievement. If you enjoy Messiaen's music, you need to hear this’ (BBC Radio 3 CD Review)

‘Awe-inspiring’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Osborne and Roscoe play with dazzling splendour’ (Manchester Evening News)

‘The playing of these two wonderful pianists is flawlessly gauged and concentrated, with Osborne's high-speed, lucid playing in the finale, as it shifts into overdrive in its final section, out of this world’ (The Herald)

‘The precision and muscular virtuosity of Osborne's and Roscoe's playing is exactly what breathes life into the explicitly 'visionary' character of the work … the performance is lucid in conception and illuminating in its realization. Never laboured, it's marked throughout by a sense of ease, as well as by a sure sense of structure, of rhythmic detail, and of the diverse function and significance of each of the many layers in its complex 'mix' (International Record Review)

‘There is much to savour in Osborne and Roscoe's performance, captured in typically superlative Hyperion sound’ (BBC Music Magazine)