Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music

New releases of Steven Osborne’s best-selling discs have become some of the most eagerly-awaited events in the pianophile diary. This most delicate and subtle of musicians also displays a pyrotechnical deployment of digital acrobatics, mesmerising colour control and breathtaking articulation. All these qualities are visible in this two-disc set of some of the most important piano music of the early twentieth century. Ravel’s works have been central, too, to Steven Osborne’s performing repertoire throughout his career, making this set a perfect marriage of composer and performer.

CDA67731/2  142 minutes 36 seconds (2 discs)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 'DISC OF THE MONTH'
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 2011 PIZZICATO 'SUPERSONIC' AWARD
‘The music is as ravishing as ever, but what intelligence, clarity and deftly lit atmosphere there is in the playing of it!’ (Gramophone)
‘Throughout, Osborne repeatedly demonstrates not merely that these performances stand with the best, but also that comparisons are superfluous in the face of such a compelling vision … his sustai ...
‘Steven Osborne, ever a poised, technically impeccable virtuoso, combines clarity with heart. All a shimmering pleasure’ (The Observer)