Strange that there were two COTW threads on Purcell last week, but none at all (until now) for Chausson - which I would guess one has to put down to his being another in the little-considered-here French composer brigade. British writers have written to put down the Wagner influence on some French composers in the 1880s and 1890s as a weakening factor in their music - and we know what Debussy felt about it in regards to his own music - but I would disagree.
Some on here may nevertheless find themselves out of sympathy with the music of Chausson for other reasons - a composer very much in the César Franck vein as regards harmonies and formal procedures, being very much a Franck advocate. But quite frankly (
) this is gorgeous music, often somewhat melancholic in tone, occasionally broad of statement, located in style somewhere between Wagner, Fauré, and his one-time friend Debussy, pre-Pélleas, one might say, and in some ways anticipating Delius in moods.
Definitely worth tuning in every day this week at noon.
Some on here may nevertheless find themselves out of sympathy with the music of Chausson for other reasons - a composer very much in the César Franck vein as regards harmonies and formal procedures, being very much a Franck advocate. But quite frankly (
) this is gorgeous music, often somewhat melancholic in tone, occasionally broad of statement, located in style somewhere between Wagner, Fauré, and his one-time friend Debussy, pre-Pélleas, one might say, and in some ways anticipating Delius in moods. Definitely worth tuning in every day this week at noon.
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