Chausson: Symphony in B flat major; Poème; Viviane
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Composer: Ernest ChaussonConductor: Jerome Kaltenbach
Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-05-12
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Symphony In B Flat Major, Op. 20: Lent - Allegro vivo - Allegro molto - Plus lent - Allegro scherzando - Moins vite - Allegro molto - Allegro vivo - Allegro molto - Presto
- Symphony In B Flat Major, Op. 20: Tres lent - Un peu plus vite - (Tempo I)
- Symphony In B Flat Major, Op. 20: Anime - Tres anime - Encore plus anime - Tres anime - Grave - Modere - Largement
- Poeme For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 25: Lento e misterioso - Cadenza - Animato - Poco lento - Allegro - Tranquillo
- Viviane, Symphonic Poem On A Legend Of The Round Table, Op. 5: Andante - Allegro - Lent - Andante
Music reviews of Chausson: Symphony in B flat major; Poème; Viviane
Music Review: Not a top class recording but still pretty good
Rating: 4 Stars
Ernest Chausson's symphony is, like Paul Dukas's, perhaps, one of those works that still retain a well-deserved place at the fringes of the repertoire. It is perhaps not quite as good as Franck's, nor quite as striking as his own masterpiece Poème de l'amour et de la mer, but still a thoroughly impressive and memorable work. The style is late romantic and not at all impressionistic, but displays some of the same fascination with colors as the latter with subtle shifts from lights to half-lights and flickering shadows. Franck's music is certainly all over the place in the symphony (including cyclic treatment of the themes), and there are strong reminiscences of d'Indy, both in the formal arguments and in the harmonies, but Chausson's work couldn't really be mistaken for either.
Cast in three movements, the brooding opening of the first gives way to a solemn theme and builds up to a darkly sorrowful climax and a quite marvelous transformation into a light Allegro vivo. The second subject is more relaxed but harmonically inventive, and - rather abruptly - turns to anguish, back to the Allegro vivo theme and a majestic close. The second movement is beautifully songful, built around two subjects, a darkly pensive one and a more light-hearted second subject. The third movement is perhaps the finest; a rondo with an epilogue, starting out with high drama (inventively scored), contrasted with a chorale and building to a marvelous close drawing on thematic fragments frm the first movement.
Poeme is of course Chausson's most famous work; it is inferior to the symphony but does at least contain strikingly memorable themes. The solo playing here is very good - Korcia is particularly sensitive to the play of tonal colors and the performance seems to take on more of a mysterious sheen than other performances I have heard. The early `Viviane' (Chausson came relatively late to composition) is also a fascinating work, conjuring up the atmosphere of legend and fairytale in a very romantic, passionate work. It is not a masterpiece, but very well worth hearing
The performances are generally very good, especially with respect to conjuring up the array of colors and shadows. On the other hand I do think Kaltenbach lets some of the movements linger a little too much - overall, I could imagine more fire and momentum in all the works (they are, after all, up against Monteux and Plasson, for instance). The sound is realistic and with good perspective, but a little subdued. All in all, a very much recommended recording - I don't think many of those who go for this one rather than the alternatives will be disappointed, but it still doesn't quite make it to the top of the list either.
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