Georgy Catoire - Piano Music
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Label: Hyperion - Helios
Cat No: CDH55425
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 1st September 2014
Contents
Works
Caprice, op.3Chants du crepuscule 'Quatre morceaux pour piano', op.24
Morceaux (3), op.2
Morceaux (4), op.12
Morceaux (4), op.34
Morceaux (6), op.6
Valse, op.26
Vision Etude, op.8
Artists
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)Works
Caprice, op.3Chants du crepuscule 'Quatre morceaux pour piano', op.24
Morceaux (3), op.2
Morceaux (4), op.12
Morceaux (4), op.34
Morceaux (6), op.6
Valse, op.26
Vision Etude, op.8
Artists
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)About
Marc-André Hamelin adds another mystery name to his discography with this album of piano music of the almost unknown Russian Georgy Catoire (a French father explains the inauthentic-sounding surname).
Catoire was one of a large number of composers who flourished in pre-Revolutionary Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, and his musical style is very much of that period. Primarily a miniaturist, most of his pieces can be described as mood pictures rather than as anything more abstract, his more sophisticated use of harmony giving his style a more cosmopolitan feel than some of his Russian contemporaries such as Liadov or Arensky. Perhaps he can best be compared to earlier Scriabin but without the neuroticism found in the latter’s work.
The modesty of Catoire’s output and its irrelevance to Bolshevik Russia have undoubtedly led to its neglect, but just as this music has attracted Marc-André Hamelin’s advocacy, it will no doubt appeal to a new audience of listeners who can now rediscover it.
‘Superlative. Immaculately and sensitively performed. Sound and presentation are superb. It would be hard to imagine one of music’s most neglected byways illuminated with more pianistic ease and affection’ - Gramophone
‘This is charming, formidably accomplished stuff. Hamelin gives impeccably stylish and sympathetic readings, as if he’s been playing them since the cradle. Probably he has’ - BBC Music Magazine
‘A fine conspectus of a captivating composer. Russian champagne of glowing vintage’ - Classic CD
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