Once again, Henle can boast of an important new addition to its Pantheonof great composers: Ernest Chausson. Based on a novella by the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev, the PoíÂme for violin and orchestra was originally conceived as a symphonic poem. Gradually, it evolved into a character piece with violin solo, or, to quote the composer, "a piece in very freeform with many passages where the violin plays alone." That ChaussonŒÍs plan came off to perfection is proved by the workŒÍs ever-growing popularity. The solo part of this new Henle volume satisfies the most rigorous criteria of an urtext edition. The piano reduction places a premium on playability and lies better under the fingers than ever before.? Urtext Edition with marked and unmarked string parts.
