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5 unusual facts about Ernest Chausson


Chanson perpétuelle

The Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37 is a mélodie by Ernest Chausson, written in December 1898.

Lucia Ronchetti

She subsequently studied musicology with François Lesure at the École Pratique des Hautes Études en Sorbonne and received a doctorate with her thesis on the orchestral style of Ernest Chausson and Wagnerian influence on late 19th-century French orchestral writing.

Philippe Graffin

He rediscovered original settings of classics such as Chausson's Poème and Ravel's Tzigane and has also championed the forgotten violin concertos of G. Fauré and the concerto by English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Piano sextet

Ernest Chausson (1855–1899), Concert in D major, Op. 21, composed 1891, for piano, violin, and string quartet

Selim Giray

Most recently, Dr. Giray performed Dvořák's violin concerto with the Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra, and "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso" by Camille Saint-Saëns, and Poème by Ernest Chausson with Hays Symphony Orchestra.


Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège

In its recording career, the Orchestra has championed the canon of Belgian composers, Albert Dupuis, César Franck, Joseph Jongen, Émile Mathieu, and André Souris, and the French composers, Ernest Chausson, Édouard Lalo, Francis Poulenc, and Maurice Ravel.

Sergey Khachatryan

Among the works on this CD are the Brahms D minor sonata and Ravel's Tzigane, both performed with pianist Lusine Khachatryan, his sister, as well as Chausson's Poeme and Waxman's Carmen Fantasy, both performed with pianist Vladimir Khachatryan, his father.

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1

Benedetti's debut album released on the Deutsche Grammophon label in April 2005 includes Szymanowski's Concerto No. 1, the Chausson Poème, the Havanaise by Saint-Saëns, and a trio of contemplative miniatures by Massenet, Brahms (arranged by Jascha Heifetz) and John Tavener, the last of which, Fragment for the Virgin, was written for Nicola.


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