Georgy Catoire 1861-1926

[Christopher]

Apparently the Dutton issue of the Catoire Piano Concerto will be released at end of February/beginning of March.  I went to my local record shop back in the UK (Record Corner in Godalming, a BRILLIANT independent record shop and specialist in classical and other music, www.therecordcorner.co.uk). When I enquired about the Catoire, the owner, Tom Briggs, picked up the phone and put the question straight to Mr. Dutton! I was impressed. 

[Alan Howe]

Good news - thanks for the heads-up!

[Mark Thomas]

Indeed, another must-buy I'm afraid.

[markniew]

yes, I myself also see forward to listening!
I believe it is good work and we won't be disappointed.
my experience is that in majority of cases, OK let say quite often, falling into oblivion of many compositions seems to be justified. But of course even such pieces that are not masterpieces are of great value and are very interesting and welcomed by fans of unsung music.

[Christopher]

Now there's just one orchestral piece by Catoire left to be recorded, his symphonic poem of 1899 "Mtsyri", Op.13.  I wonder if anyone can be persuaded to record it....

(well, ok, there's also a cantata for solo voice, women's chorus, orchestra from 1888 called "Rusalka", Op.5, but I was talking about purely orchestral work...)

[eschiss1]

which could be recorded together on a disc of Lermontov-inspired music. Neatly done, that.

[eschiss1]

of some interest about Catoire may be this dissertation (PDF) (2008, by Natalia Bolshakova)  on his life, piano music and specifically his 2nd violin sonata.  (In all 56 pages.)

[Christopher]

which could be recorded together on a disc of Lermontov-inspired music. Neatly done, that.

What else would be on a list of Lermontov-inspired music?

Catoire - Mtsyri
Ippolitov-Ivanov - Mtsyri
Rubinstein - The Demon
...

[Christopher]

which could be recorded together on a disc of Lermontov-inspired music. Neatly done, that.

A couple more pieces for a Lermontov CD:

Senilov, Vladimir Alexeevich (1875-1918) - Mtsyri    (came across him while researching something else, can't find any evidence he has ever been recorded. Wikipedia says he wrote 3 operas (George the Brave; Vassily Buslaev; Hippolytus, after Euripedes), a symphony, an overture "Autumn", 4 symphonic poems (Wild Ducks, after Maupassant; Mtsyri; Pan; The Scythians), a poem for cello and piano, 3 string quartets, 90 romance-songs. Studied at St. Petersburg law school, and then theory of music in Leipzig under Hugo Riemann, and then at the St. Petersburg Conservatory
Russian-only link - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87

Taktakishvili, Oleg Vassilievich (1924-1989) - Mtsyri (1956, symphonic poem)

Shashina, Elizaveta Sergeevna (1805-1903) - Mtsyri (song, 1863)

Balanchivadze, Andrei Melitonovich (1906-1992, brother of choreographer George Balanchine) - Mtsyri (balet, 1956)

Milka, Bogdan Evgenyevich (b.1973-) - Mtsyri (2001, symphonic poem)

I wonder if any record company could be encouraged to produce a "Mtsyri" CD....

[eschiss1]

By the way regarding Catoire, I had no idea Oistrakh recorded his violin sonatas (commercially or otherwise), but there they are in a set of "Russian Legends" CDs... hrm!

[britishcomposer]

A CD containing a selection of Catoire's songs has been released a couple of months ago. Perhaps this is still new to some of you:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Georges-Catoire-1861-1926-Lieder-Poems-For-Voice-And-Piano/hnum/1741469

[Christopher]

I just noticed this website (in German) which seems to be about promoting the music of Catoire and others:

https://www.catoire-musikinitiative.de/

I have written to them re his Rusalka cantata.

[Alan Howe]

No info/news about recordings, however?

[Christopher]

That's what I've written to them about. And others... fingers are crossed (in hope if not expectation!)