Description
Elgar's two "chansons" - the dreamy Chanson de nuit and its cheerful counterpart Chanson de matin - are amongst his most popular melodies, often performed together. However, it is somewhat surprising that Elgar had in fact completed the Chanson de nuit as a separate piece in October 1897, only submitting the Chanson de matin eighteen months later. In his letter to publisher Novello, Elgar noted that the second piece "was intended to be a companion to the one you have already." These two evergreen works from the violin repertoire, with moderate technical demands, are presented here using the first editions and with fingering by British violinist and Elgar scholar Rupert Marshall-Luck.
