Lebrecht Weekly | Rachmaninov: Sonata #1, Moments musicaux (Hyperion)
Why, people have been asking for about 120 years, is Rachmaninov so popular? The music is morbid to miserable, the melodies are unhummable and mere…
Browsing: Steven Osborne
Rachmaninov: Etudes-tableaux (Hyperion)
I need to declare an interest. I have described Steven Osborne elsewhere as the most interesting British pianist of his generatiom, a declaration which practically…
Lebrecht Weekly – Ravel/De Falla: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
Never forget that Maurice Ravel was more Basque than French. His rhythms and harmonies belong to the borderlands. He is happiest with the smell of…
Lebrecht Weekly – Feldman, Crumb: Piano pieces (Hyperion)
Every few months I take my ears out for a cleaning. This is not as easy as it sounds. Finding music that is original, unfamiliar,…
Lebrecht Weekly – Feldman, Crumb: Piano pieces (Hyperion)
Every few months I take my ears out for a cleaning. This is not as easy as it sounds. Finding music that is original, unfamiliar,…
