‘[Osborne's] Ravel strikes me as finer yet than his Debussy. He has devised the most compelling sequence of works, making two quite distinct and complementary programmes of this highly diversified but relatively small oeuvre … he brings transcendental Lisztian virtuosity and an astonishing palette of sonorities to the fiendish Gaspard pieces’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Osborne gauges the iridescent colours of Miroirs faultlessly and turns Gaspard de la nuit into a quasi-orchestral fantasy. This is the finest Ravel anthology of the CD era’ (Financial Times)

‘Such is the high quality, and the small quantity, of Ravel's keyboard music, that there is phenomenal competition in this repertoire from the likes of Gieseking, Pizarro, Lortie, Thibaudet and many others, but Osborne's accounts can hold their own with any of these. His technical command is truly staggering … very highly recommended: even among the greatest of competition, Osborne may have set a new benchmark’ (International Record Review)

‘Steven Osborne, ever a poised, technically impeccable virtuoso, combines clarity with heart. All a shimmering pleasure’ (The Observer)

‘The music is as ravishing as ever, but what intelligence, clarity and deftly lit atmosphere there is in the playing of it!’ (Gramophone)

‘The recording is first class. Engineer David Hinitt and producer Adrian Peacock have successfully captured the rich acoustics and yet achieved a clear reproduction of the voices and the mighty organ. Anyone who has ever been in Westminster Abbey should be overwhelmed by the lifelike sound picture. The generous programme is also finely contrasted … the quality of the singing is on a high level and Robert Quinney negotiates the organ accompaniments excellently’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The Russian Easter Festival, arguably the composer's finest piece, tautly structured, gorgeously dressed, despatched here to the limits of its brilliance’ (Sunday Correspondent)

‘Delightfully played … a source of constant pleasure. Music of this quality deserves to become part of the repertoire’ (Gramophone)

«Dans les trois œuvres, Lawrence Power, ancien lauréat du Concours international William Primrose et membre du célèbre Nash Ensemble, se montre à la hauteur, Il est habilement secondé par le très jeune chef israelien Ilan Volkov» (Le Monde de la Musique, France)

‘Both Power’s assured technique, and his tone—rich and grainy in its lower register, clear at the top—serves the character of all three works well, and Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra give him sympathetic support in the two concertos’ (Classical Source)

‘Lawrence Power seems to be recording his entire repertoire, which is good news for viola lovers. William Walton's Viola Concerto was his best work, displaying all the features of his compositional skill, including a delightfully rhythmic central Scherzo’ (Daily Mail)

‘Sumptuous playing from Lawrence Power … an excellent opportunity to savour the depth and richness of this Cinderella instrument’ (The Observer)