Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 28[35’47]1 Allegro moderato[12’58]2 Lento[8’43]3 Allegro molto[14’06]4 Prelude in D minor Op posth.[2’25]5 Oskolki ‘Fragments'[1’54]6 Oriental sketch[1’52]7 Nunc dimittis (Movement 5 of All-Night Vigil ‘Vespers’, Op 37)[3’40]
Moments musicaux Op 16[27’52]8 No 1 in B flat minor: Andantino[6’45]9 No 2 in E flat minor: Allegretto[3’11]10 No 3 in B minor: Andante cantabile[7’15]11 No 4 in E minor: Presto[2’33]12 No 5 in D flat major: Adagio sostenuto[3’31]13 No 6 in C major: Maestoso[4’37]‘Rachmaninov fans won’t want to miss this’ was Gramophone’s verdict on Steven Osborne’s recording of the Études-tableaux, and this thrilling new release is an equally essential acquisition. Osborne proves a predictably fine exponent of the Faustian Piano Sonata No 1 and is no less compelling in the selection of shorter works which completes the album.