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Debussy - Etudes, Pour le piano, Berceuse heroique, etc. | Hyperion CDA68409

Debussy - Etudes, Pour le piano, Berceuse heroique, etc.

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA68409

Barcode: 0034571284095

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 3rd November 2023

Gramophone Editor's Choice

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About

Debussy may have stipulated "mains formidables" as the requirement for pianists tackling his Études, but they need a lot more besides. It's clear from these magisterial performances that Steven Osborne's "formidable hands" are always at the service of a profound musical intelligence.

"A total delight"- BBC Music Magazine (Debussy - Early and Late Piano Pieces, CDA68390)

"I was transfixed by the beauty and clarity of this recital." - BBC Music Magazine (Debussy - Early and Late Piano Pieces, CDA68390)

"I can't imagine this being better played."- BBC Record Review (Rachmaninov - Piano Sonata no.1 & Moments musicaux, CDA68365)

"When [Osborne] pulls the full stops out, it's awe- inspiring...the ultimate build in the finale is astounding." - BBC Music Magazine (Rachmaninov - Piano Sonata no.1 & Moments musicaux, CDA68365)

Reviews

These 12 pieces become, in Osborne’s hands, a veritable vision of colours and characters, elevating them far above their workaday title; at times they feel as if they should, like Debussy’s Préludes, have titles appended to them. ... The sheer imagination that Osborne brings to successive études means that each one very much inhabits its own world... Uchida has reigned supreme in this repertoire for more than three decades; now, though, I think Osborne can take the crown.  Harriet Smith (Recording of the Month)
Gramophone December 2023

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