Georgy Catoire

Short bio Georgy Catoire

Birthday: 1861 in Moscow, Russia

Died: 1926 in Moscow, Russia

Genre: Classical

Period: Post-Romantic

Full biography Georgy Catoire

Georgy Lvovich Catoire was a Russian composer of French descent, born on April 27, 1861, in Moscow, and he died on May 21, 1926. He came from a family of musicians, and his father was a pianist who taught him music from an early age. Catoire studied piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers included Tchaikovsky and Taneyev. He was also heavily influenced by the French composers Debussy and Ravel.

Catoire's music is considered to be part of the Russian late Romantic era and is characterized by its rich harmonies, melodic lines, and intricate counterpoint. He was one of the few Russian composers of his time who did not rely heavily on traditional Russian folk music in his compositions. Instead, he drew inspiration from Western European music, particularly French Impressionism.

Despite his talents, Catoire's music is not as well-known as that of his contemporaries, such as Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. However, in recent years, his music has been rediscovered and performed more frequently. Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, for example, has recorded several of Catoire's piano works.

In addition to music, Catoire was also interested in literature, philosophy, and painting. He taught music theory and composition, and his students included Nikolai Myaskovsky and Sergei Prokofiev. Catoire's nephew was the author and musician Jean Catoire.

Compositions featuring Georgy Catoire

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Elegy for violin & piano in D minor, Op. 26	4:18 min	Chamber Music	1916
2	Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 31	25:26 min	Chamber Music	1916
3	Piano Concerto, Op. 21	32:08 min	Concerto	1909
4	Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 14	26:51 min	Chamber Music	1900
5	Poems by Konstantin Balmont (6), for voice & piano, Op. 32		Vocal Music	-
6	Poems by Aleksey Apukchtin (7), for voice & piano, Op. 9		Vocal Music	-
7	Poems by Vladimir Solovyov (6), for voice & piano, Op. 33	17:47 min	Vocal Music	-
8	Poème, for piano, Op. 34/1	3:32 min	Keyboard	-
9	Prelude for piano, Op. 6/2	1:34 min	Keyboard	-
10	Prelude for piano, Op. 34/3	0:51 min	Keyboard	-
11	Preludes (4) for piano, Op. 17	7:46 min	Keyboard	-
12	Romance, for violin & piano, Op. 1/4	3:32 min	Chamber Music	-
13	Scherzo for piano, Op. 6/3	4:24 min	Keyboard	-
14	Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in B minor, Op. 15	30:29 min	Chamber Music	-
15	Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D major, "Poema," Op. 20	20:38 min	Chamber Music	-
16	String Quartet in F sharp minor, Op. 23	32:58 min	Chamber Music	-
17	String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C minor, Op. 16	34:34 min	Chamber Music	-
18	Symphony in C minor, Op. 7	41:39 min	Symphony	-
19	Vision (Étude) for piano, Op. 8	3:45 min	Keyboard	-
20	Waltz for piano, Op. 36	2:35 min	Keyboard	-
21	Poems by Fyodor Tyutchev (7), for voice & piano, Op. 29		Vocal Music	-
22	Poems by Fyodor Tyutchev (3), for voice & piano, Op. 19		Vocal Music	-
23	Caprice for piano, Op. 3	4:01 min	Keyboard	-
24	Poems (4), for voice & piano, Op. 11		Vocal Music	-
25	Poem for piano, Op. 34/2	2:58 min	Keyboard	-
26	Piano works (metawork)		Keyboard	-
27	Piano Trio in F minor	26:56 min	Chamber Music	-
28	Piano Trio in E minor	40:19 min	Chamber Music	-
29	Piano Quintet, Op. 28	23:13 min	Chamber Music	-
30	Morceaux (5) for piano, Op. 10	14:17 min	Keyboard	-
31	Morceaux (4) for piano, Op. 12	13:16 min	Keyboard	-
32	Morceaux (4) for piano, Op. 6		Keyboard	-
33	Morceaux (3) for piano, Op. 2	6:08 min	Keyboard	-
34	Intermezzo for piano. Op. 6/5	4:08 min	Keyboard	-
35	Elegy for violin & piano	3:39 min	Chamber Music	-
36	Chants du crépuscule (4 morceaux pour piano), Op. 24	10:13 min	Keyboard	-

Albums featuring Georgy Catoire

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Georgi Catoire, Oliver Triendl, Vogler Quartett, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Roland Kluttig – Piano Concerto Op. 21; Piano Quintet Op. 28; Piano Quartet Op. 31(CD, Album)	2021	Capriccio (2)
2	Georgy Catoire, Catoire Ensemble – Revised Masterpieces(CD, Album)	2020	Challenge Classics
3	Georgy Catoire & Ignaz Friedman, Nils-Erik Sparf, Ulf Forsberg, Ellen Nisbeth, Andreas Brantelid, Bengt Forsberg – Piano Quintets(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album)	2019	BIS
4	Georgy Catoire, Kaja Danczowska, Justyna Danczowska, Aleksandra Kuls, Bartosz Koziak – Georgy Catoire(CD, )	2017	Sarton Records
5	Georgy L'vovich Catoire, Laurence Kayaleh, Stéphane Lemelin – Complete Works For Violin And Piano(CD, Album)	2016	Naxos
6	Georgy Catoire, Laurent Albrecht Breuninger, Anna Zassimova – Works For Violin & Piano(CD, Stereo)	2009	cpo
7	Catoire, Ravel, Herwig Zack, Bernd Zack – Complete Works For Violin & Piano / Pièce En Forme De Habanera . Tzigane(CD, )	2008	Avie Records
8	Arensky - Taneyev - Catoire - Shostakovich, The Amsterdam Chamber Music Society – Treasures Of Russian Chamber Music(6×CD, , Box Set, Compilation)	2007	Brilliant Classics
9	Catoire – Room-Music – Piano Trio Op 14 • Piano Quartet Op 31(CD, )	2005	Hyperion
10	Bach, Goedicke, Kabalevsky, Catoire, Siloti, Hamish Milne – Bach Piano Transcriptions - 5	2005	Hyperion
11	Poème(CD, )	2000	VPRO Eigenwijs
12	Catoire, Marc-André Hamelin – Piano Music	1999	Hyperion
13	David Oistrakh, Georgi Lvovich Catoire – Violin Sonatas, Elegy - David Oistrakh Collection, Vol. 5(CD, Compilation, Remastered)	1999	Doremi (2)
14	Nikolai Medtner, Georgy Catoire, Alexander Goldenweiser – Volume III(CD, Compilation, Reissue)	1999	Dante
15	Catoire, Goldenweiser – Mstislav Rostropovich, Alexander Goldenweiser, Leonid Kogan – Piano Trios(CD, )	1997	Revelation (3)
16	Г. Катуар - Давид Ойстрах, Александр Гольденвейзер – Соната № 1 Для Скрипки И Ф-но / Соната № 2 Для Скрипки И Ф-но (Поэма)	1969	Мелодия