Catoire: Piano Music

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 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 more 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.

1: Caprice, Op. 3
2: Intermezzo
3: Chant Intime
4: Loin Du Foyer
5: Soirée D'hiver
6: Prélude
7: Scherzo
8: Vision 'Etude', Op. 8
9: Prélude
10: Prélude
11: Capriccioso
12: Reverie
13: Légende
14: Chant Du Soir
15: Méditation
16: Nocturne (Extended)
17: Etude Fantastique
18: Poco Allegro, Sempre Molto Rubato
19: Con Molto Sentimento
20: Andante Dramatico
21: Andante
22: En Revant
23: Capricciosamente
24: Tranquillo
25: Poco Agitato
26: Poème
27: Prélude
28: Valse, Op. 36

Composer: Georgy Catoire

Number of Discs: 1

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