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Etsuko Hirose

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IncludedCatoire:Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.28Bartk: Piano Quintet in C major, Sz.23PerformersEtsuko Hirose (piano) Steinway D274 (Catoire), Fazioli 280 (Bartk)Elysee QuartetVadim Chizik, Pablo Schatzman (violin), Andrei Malakhov (viola), Igor Kirichenko (cello)]Recorded: October 2023 / Moudon Studios(CD)Digipak specification65’19″Etsuko Hirose’s highly anticipated chamber music appearance. The two pieces, the early Bartk and the Russian Catoire, are of such a high standard that they are not only a pleasure to listen to, but also extremely valuable, since neither of them has been recorded to any great extent.Georgy Catoire (1861-1926) was a composer of the generation between Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Scriabin, and was Kabalevsky’s teacher. Like his contemporaries Arensky, Taneyev, and Lyapunov, he was a master of the piano and left behind a number of highly technical and substantial pia