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Blumenfeld, Catoire: Symphonies / Yates, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Blumenfeld / Yates
Release Date: 01/08/2013 
Label:  Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion   Catalog #: 7298   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Felix Blumenfeld,  Georgy Catoire
Conductor:  Martin Yates
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Works on This Recording

1. Symphony in C minor, Op. 39 "À la mémoire des chers défunts" by Felix Blumenfeld
Conductor:  Martin Yates
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: circa 1905-1906 
2. Symphony in C minor, Op. 7 by Georgy Catoire
Conductor:  Martin Yates
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Written: 1889-1891/1895-1898 

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 Little-known Russian symphonies deserve hearing February 16, 2013 By Mark DeVoto (Medford, MA) See All My Reviews "Felix Blumenfeld is known historically as a Russian piano teacher whose students included Horowitz, and as a conductor who directed the public premiere of Stravinsky's Symphony in E flat op. 1 in 1908. Georgy Catoire is a somewhat better known as a composer; Marc-Andre Hamelin's CD of Catoire's piano music a few years ago is a significant find, revealing a well-crafted style somewhat between Tchaikovsky and Scriabin. Blumenfeld's symphony seems to point down the historical road to Rachmaninoff; Catoire's shows influence of Wagner and Tchaikovsky, but above all a good original style, with emotional depth, solid craft, and a fine sense of orchestral sound. Both of these works share a certain C-minor feeling with Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 2 in the same key, but are more contemplative where Tchaikovsky's is splashy. Catoire's Symphony, for reasons I can't explain, concludes with a finale solifly in E-flat major, but no less handsome for all that. Above all, these symphonies, like those of Borodin and Balakirev, offer a fresh challenge to the heavy Germanic symphonic tradition of their time. Compare them, in this regard, to the French symphonists of the 1890s, whom in every other respect they don't resemble at all. The performances on this CD are excellent. I hope someday to see the scores." Report Abuse
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