Ernest Chausson, tagged with the deadly "transitional" descriptor (in this case, between French Romanticism and Debussy), is known mostly for his violin-and-orchestra Poème, Op. 25. His music is entirely distinctive, however, involving the structural thinking of his teacher, César Franck, the big orchestral palette and chromatic harmony of Wagner, and a very French inward quality that is all his own. The sum result is a style that seems to look forward to the psychological qualities of Debussy's music. All these qualities ...
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Ernest Chausson, tagged with the deadly "transitional" descriptor (in this case, between French Romanticism and Debussy), is known mostly for his violin-and-orchestra Poème, Op. 25. His music is entirely distinctive, however, involving the structural thinking of his teacher, César Franck, the big orchestral palette and chromatic harmony of Wagner, and a very French inward quality that is all his own. The sum result is a style that seems to look forward to the psychological qualities of Debussy's music. All these qualities are on display in this pair of works, neither of which is terribly commonly performed. The big news here is the marvelous performance by Véronique Gens, who goes from strength to strength these days even as she enters her sixth decade. The marvelously titled Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19, which Chausson worked on for several years and completed in 1890, is an unconventionally structured work, with outer vocal movements each encompassing settings of multiple poems flanking a...
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