This music needs a performer full of freedom, imagination and with great fingers, all of which describes Osborne… I knew that Osborne’s latest offering would be outstanding Pianist (Editor's pick)
Alkan: Esquisses, Op 63
EDITOR’S CHOICE (GRAMOPHONE)
EDITOR’S PICK (PIANIST MAGAZINE)
10 DE REPERTOIRE
A sensitivity, radiance and finesse rarely encountered from even the finest pianists… An invaluable disc
Gramophone (Editor's pick)
Osborne’s playing is breathtaking
Classic FM Magazine
These miniatures call for a pianist of great sensitivity, character and receptiveness to the music’s diverse, perfectly crystallised moods… Osborne is just the man… This is a revelatory disc, and one to cherish
Daily Telegraph
A major keyboard musician… the music rather than his ego comes first
The Times
Le jeune Britannique s’en tire avec les honneurs, par une inventivité sonore de tous les instants et une musicalité attentive aux humeurs suggérées par l’harmonie, et surtout grâce à une technique brillante, qui reste le meilleur moyen de mettre en valeur la variété des formulas d’Alkan
Diapason, France
Un ‘must’ qui complète parfaitement le riche catalogue Hyperion consacré à ce compositeur
Répertoire, France
Osborne has a delightfully varied touch that brings out the character, wit and invention of these often exquisite and tantalisingly short and familiar pieces
Inverness Courier
Osborne fulfils his task brilliantly on what will be one of the CDs of the year
Liverpool Daily Post
Having introduced these Esquisses to us, Osborne deserves our gratitude… While they still hold material that will test the pianist, they are often sublime, requiring a performer of the utmost sensitivity, and in Osborne they find the perfect exponent
Hi-Fi Plus
EDITOR’S PICK (PIANIST MAGAZINE)
10 DE REPERTOIRE
A sensitivity, radiance and finesse rarely encountered from even the finest pianists… An invaluable disc
Gramophone (Editor's pick)
Osborne’s playing is breathtaking
Classic FM Magazine
These miniatures call for a pianist of great sensitivity, character and receptiveness to the music’s diverse, perfectly crystallised moods… Osborne is just the man… This is a revelatory disc, and one to cherish
Daily Telegraph
A major keyboard musician… the music rather than his ego comes first
The Times
Le jeune Britannique s’en tire avec les honneurs, par une inventivité sonore de tous les instants et une musicalité attentive aux humeurs suggérées par l’harmonie, et surtout grâce à une technique brillante, qui reste le meilleur moyen de mettre en valeur la variété des formulas d’Alkan
Diapason, France
Un ‘must’ qui complète parfaitement le riche catalogue Hyperion consacré à ce compositeur
Répertoire, France
Osborne has a delightfully varied touch that brings out the character, wit and invention of these often exquisite and tantalisingly short and familiar pieces
Inverness Courier
Osborne fulfils his task brilliantly on what will be one of the CDs of the year
Liverpool Daily Post
Having introduced these Esquisses to us, Osborne deserves our gratitude… While they still hold material that will test the pianist, they are often sublime, requiring a performer of the utmost sensitivity, and in Osborne they find the perfect exponent
Hi-Fi Plus
