Peter Katin

Peter Katin

born on 14/11/1930 in London, United Kingdom

died on 19/3/2015

Peter Katin

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Peter Roy Katin (born 14 November 1930, London) is a British pianist.

Biography

He was educated at private schools in Balham, Caterham, and East Grinstead and the Henry Thornton School (then known as the South West London Emergency Secondary School) in Clapham,[1] and was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 12, four years younger than the official entry age, where he studied under Harold Craxton. Katin made his debut at the Wigmore Hall on 13 December 1948 where the programme included works by Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Chopin. He went on to give concerts in England, Europe, Africa, the USA, and Japan.

In 1952, Katin debuted at The Proms and in 1953 was acclaimed for his performance there of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor. In 1958, Katin became the first British pianist to make a post-war solo tour of the Soviet Union. In 1961, the composer Bryan Kelly wrote Tango especially for Katin.

Katin specialises in Romantic music, particularly Frédéric Chopin, and Impressionist music. He is acclaimed for his technical command of the piano. He also directed concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven from the keyboard.

Katin has written many articles on piano technique and interpretation. He lectured at the Royal Academy of Music 1956-1959, University of Western Ontario 1978-1984, and in 1992 was appointed to the Royal College of Music. He has also lectured at Thames Valley University.

He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea.

Recordings

Katins recordings include:

Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Beethoven: Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 (with Alfredo Campoli, violin) (with other works) Orchestral Concert CDs CD3/2009

Johannes Brahms

  • A Brahms Recital:
Fantasias Op. 116, Three Intermezzi Op. 117, Two Rhapsodies Op. 79, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24 (Olympia OCD 263)
  • Peter Katin in Recital: Liszt and Brahms
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel
Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Années de Pélérinage, Book 2)
Athene-Minerva ATHCD9 23009
  • Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (with Alfredo Campoli, violin) (with other works) Orchestral Concert CDs CD3/2009
  • His playing of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 was used as background music to the film The L-Shaped Room (1962).

Frédéric Chopin

  • Chopin: First and Last
Variations Brilliantes, Op. 12, Mazurka in G minor, Op. 24, No. 1, Mazurka in C major, Op. 24, No. 2, Mazurka in A flat major, Op. 24, No. 3, Mazurka in B flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4, Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68, No. 4, Rondo in C minor, Op. 1, Souvenir de Paganini, Nocturne in C sharp minor, Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2, Waltz in A flat major, Op. 64, No. 3, Sonata in C minor, Op. 4 (3rd mvmt), Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa, No. 1, Polonaise in B flat major, KK IVa, No. 1, Polonaise in A flat major, KK Iva, No. 2, Berceuse, Op. 57
Athene ATHCD11 / Diversions DIV24116
  • Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52; 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59; Sonata in B minor, Op. 58; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61 Olympia OCD 186
  • Chopin: Variations, Op. 12; 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24; Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35; Ballade in A flat, Op. 47; Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Olympia OCD 193
  • Chopin: Complete Polonaises and Waltzes Olympia OCD 289A/B
  • Chopin: 4 Scherzos; Fantasy, Op. 49 Unicorn UKCD 2008*
  • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus Olympia OCD 254A/B
  • Chopin: 4 Waltzes (part of compilation album) Belart 450 000-2
  • Chopin: Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 24; Sonata in B minor, Op. 58; Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2; Fantasy, Op. 49 (live recording from the Snape Maltings Hallmark 350142
  • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes (different version to the Olympia issue) Hallmark IMP 30367 02357 (2CD)
  • Chopin: Peter Katin: A Chopin Recital
Four Songs from Seventeen Polish Songs (transcribed by Liszt), Op. Posth. 74; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54; Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1; Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22; Nocturne in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2; Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
(Recording issued in 2010 to mark Katin's 80th birthday and Chopin's 200th anniversary) Orchestral Concert CDs CD11/2010

Muzio Clementi

  • Clementi on Clementi
Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.25, No. 5, Sonata in B flat major, Op. 24, No. 2, Sonata in G minor, Op. 7, No. 3, Sonata in D major, Op. 25, No. 6, Sonata in F minor, Op.13, No. 6
Athene ATHCD4 / Diversions DIV24113

Edvard Grieg

  • Grieg: Ballade, Op. 24; 5 Klavierstücke nach Eigenen Lieren; Sonata in E minor, Op. 7; 4 Lyric Pieces Olympia OCD 197
  • Grieg: Complete Lyric Pieces Unicorn UKCD 2033-5*
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Classics for Pleasure CFP 160 (1971)

Aram Khachaturian

Franz Liszt

  • Liszt: Dante Sonata; 3 Liebesträume; 2 Polonaises; 6 Consolations Olympia OCD 199
  • Peter Katin in Recital: Liszt and Brahms
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel
Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Années de Pélérinage, Book 2)
Athene-Minerva ATHCD9 23009

William Mathias

  • Mathias: Piano Concerto No. 3 (LSO/Atherton) (with other works) Lyrita SRCD 325

Felix Mendelssohn

  • Mendelssohn: 2 Piano Concertos; (LSO/Colins); 2 Concert Pieces (LPO/Martinon); c/w other Mendelssohn works played by John Ogdon & Brenda Lucas Double Decca 4524102

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas Olympia OCD 230-4 (boxed set OCD5003)
  • Mozart: Piano Sonatas (Altara ALT 1026, 5 CDs)
  • Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major, K526 (with Alfredo Campoli, violin) (with other works) Orchestral Concert CDs CD3/2009

Sergei Prokofiev

This unique and critically acclaimed recording is of the last time Katin played this work in public; he vowed never to play it again after this performance[2]

Sergei Rachmaninoff

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 (LPO/Boult) Belart 461 3482
  • Rachmaninoff: Complete Preludes Hallmark IMP PCD2052

Alessandro Scarlatti

  • Scarlatti: 14 Sonatas Claudio CR35102-2

Franz Schubert

  • Schubert: Impromptus, D.899 and D.935 (Clementi square piano 1832) Athene ATHCD5 / Diversions 24112
  • Schubert: 3 Klavierstücke, D.946; Valses Nobles, D.969; Moments Musicaux, D.780 (Clementi 1832) Athene ATHCD7 / Diversions DIV23007
  • Schubert: Sonatas in B flat, D.960 & A minor, D.537 Olympia OCD 188
  • Schubert: Drei Klavierstücke, D.946; Valses Nobles, D.969; Moments Musicaux, D.780
(Played on a Clementi square piano of 1832.)
Athene-Minerva ATHCD7 / Diversions DIV23007
  • Schubert: Impromptus, D.899 and D.935
Four Impromptus, D.899
Four Impromptus, D.935
Diversions CD24112

Robert Schumann

  • Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Sonata in G minor, Op. 22; Carnaval Op. 9 Olympia OCD 218
  • Schumann: Piano Concerto (LSO/Goossens) (with other works) Everest EVC 9045-6

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  • Tchaikovsky: Sonata in G, Op. 37; The Seasons, Op. 37a Olympia OCD 192
  • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Grieg: Piano Concerto; Litolff: Scherzo (with LSO/LPO, cond Edric Kundell, Sir Colin Davis) Olympia OCD 235
  • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Litolff: Scherzo (LPO/Pritchard) Classics for Pleasure 5 72699 2

William Walton

  • Walton: Sinfonia Concertante (LSO/Walton) (with other works) Lyrita SRCD 224

Ralph Vaughan Williams

  • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on the Old 104th (LPO/LPC/Boult) (with other works) EMI CDM 769962-2

Various

  • Portrait of a pianist: Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue; Beethoven: 6 Variations, Op. 34; Haydn: Sonata in G, HobXVI/39; Debussy: Estampes; Liszt: Vallée dObermann Olympia OCD 189
  • Children's Corner: Grovlez: l'Almamach aus Images; Déodat de Séverac: En Vacances; Jacques Ibert: Histoires; Debussy: Children's Corner Simax PSC 1067
  • Peter Katin: 50 years of music making
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor (from the Well Tempered Clavier - Book 1)
Mozart: Rondo in A minor
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight")
Schubert: Impromptus in G flat and E flat, from D.899
Debussy: Suite bergamasque
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
RP Music RP001

References

  1. David Wright interviews Peter Katin
  2. Audio recollection by Peter Katin

External links

  • Peter Katin Official Website
  • Peter Katin Scarlatti Review & Track listing
  • Peter Katin
  • Peter Katin (Impulse)
  • David Wright interviews Peter Katin (includes a fairly comprehensive discography)
  • New York Times concert review
  • David Dubal interview with Peter Katin, WNCN-FM, 24-Sep-1982
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