Peter Katin
Although his early career seemed centered on Mozart and Beethoven, pianist Peter Katin became known as a great interpreter of Romantic keyboard literature, which he played with a serene warmth and big tone. He started playing when he was four years old. He had been studying privately with Harold Craxton before he was granted early admission to study with Craxton at the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 12, rather than the normal age of 16. He also credits Clifford Curzon, Claudio Arrau, and Myra Hess as being great influences in his musical life: "...I learned more in three long afternoons than I ever learned anywhere else." He gave his debut recital, a program that ranged from Scarlatti to Scriabin, at Wigmore Hall in 1948. His first concerto performance was Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 with the London Symphony in 1951. Enthusiastic critical response led to many more orchestral engagements, most featuring Romantic concertos, beginning with the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 for his first appearance at the Proms in 1952 and Rachmaninov's Concerto No. 3 for his second the next year. Christopher Seaman, Paavo Berglund, George Cleve, and Owain Arwel Hughes are just a few of the conductors he worked with in his career. In the late '60s, Katin undertook more comprehensive study of certain composers, such as Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, Liszt, and Grieg, often presenting recitals comprising a single composer's works. His diligent study also led to his writing his own program notes and recording performances on historical instruments, such as one Chopin used on his last visit to London. Most of his recordings are of the solo piano works of those composers he studied. His career as a soloist gave him few opportunities to perform with others, although in the 1970s he did accompany Victoria de Los Angeles in three recitals, and he did form a piano trio in 1997. He taught privately in addition to holding positions at the Royal Academy of Music (1956-1959), the University of Western Ontario (1978-1984), and the Royal Conservatory of Music since 1992. His students included Gordon Fergus-Thompson, Howard Shelley, and Philip Fowke. In 1998 he was able to relive his debut recital, 50 years later to the day, at Wigmore with a very simliar program.
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Finzi: Orchestral Works
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rodney Friend, Peter Katin, Sir Adrian Boult, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Released by Lyrita on Feb. 1, 2007
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Walton Conducts Walton
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Katin, William Walton
Classical - Released by Lyrita on Oct. 1, 2006
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Khatchaturian: Piano Concerto in D-flat Major (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold, Peter Katin
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct. 6, 2017
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Schumann: Piano Concerto & Franck: Variations Symphoniques (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens, Peter Katin
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct. 6, 2017
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Chopin: The Waltzes
Classical - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on Jun. 29, 2011
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Rachmaninov : Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2
Peter Katin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Sir Colin Davis
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Oct. 23, 2015
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Rachmaninov: Complete Preludes
Classical - Released by SOMM Recordings on Feb. 1, 2014
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Rachmaninov: The Preludes
Classical - Released by imp on Jan. 1, 1994
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Mendelssohn & Grieg: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 - Piano Concerto, Op. 16
Peter Katin, Anthony Collins, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Infinity on Oct. 1, 2021
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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Capriccio Brillant; Rondo Brillant
Peter Katin, London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Aug. 25, 1989
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Listz: années de pèlerinage s161/7 "dante sonata" - consolations s172 - polonaises, s223/1 & 2
Classical - Released by Infinity on Jun. 7, 2022
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D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas
Classical - Released by Claudio Records on Jan. 1, 2001
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Childrens Corner
Classical - Released by Simax Classics on Jan. 1, 1991
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Scarlatti: 14 Piano Sonatas
Classical - Released by Claudio Records on Sep. 9, 1985
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Tchaikovsky : Piano Concerto No. 1; Concert Fantasy
Peter Katin, The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Edric Cundell, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Oct. 23, 2015
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50 Classical Piano Favourites
Classical - Released by Pickwick on Jan. 1, 1978
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Khatchaturian: Piano Concerto in D-flat Major (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold, Peter Katin
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct. 6, 2017
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Beautiful classical melodies, Vol. 1
Peter Katin, Vladimir Horowitz, Arturo Toscanini, Ian Whyte, NBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Orchestra
Classical - Released by Infinity on Dec. 27, 2022
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Chopin: Piano Works (Live)
Classical - Released by RP Music on Oct. 13, 2017
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1; Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy III, Vol. 9)
Peter Katin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Jan. 1, 1959
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