For Tchaikovsky, fate is a blind and oppressive force, evoked by the dark fanfare of horns that opens his Symphony No. 4; in Debussy and Chausson it takes on the more elusive traits of dream and memory, from the sensual suspension of the Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune to the poignant nostalgia of the Poème de l’amour et de la mer. A journey that weaves the light of French impressionism together with the pathos of Russian symphonism, led by the baton of Nicolò Umberto Foron, a young musician with an already dazzling career. Mezzo-soprano Alisa Kolosova, a refined interpreter of great expressive intensity, lends her voice to Chausson’s setting of Maurice Bouchor’s poetry.