Piano Sonata in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’ Op 27 No 2 (Sonata quasi una Fantasia) Piano Sonata in C minor ‘Pathétique’ Op 13 Piano Sonata in G major Op 79 Piano Sonata in C major ‘Waldstein’ Op 53
Steven Osborne has been performing Beethoven live in concert for many years, always to great acclaim. Now for the first time he has committed these extraordinary performances to disc. It is clear from listening to the opening movement of the ‘Moonlight’ that this release will establish him firmly as one of the great Beethoven pianists of today. Performances of such passionate humility, such musical intelligence, such subtlety and yet such instinctive understanding of the music are rare indeed.