Steven Osborne review – unflinching and ecstatic Beethoven

Wigmore Hall, London
Osborne’s recital, in which Beethoven’s final piano sonatas were prefaced with Brahms intermezzos, was consistently thoughtful and sometimes shatteringBeethoven’s last three piano sonatas contain more than enough musical substance to make a satisfying programme just as as they are. But Steven Osborne added one tweak to that standard sequence, prefacing each of the sonatas with one of the intermezzos from Brahms’s Op 117 set, reversing the order of tho