“Memory of a dear place” is the title given to this collection of three enchanting pieces for violin and piano. The “place” in question was the country estate of Brailov that belonged to Tchaikovsky’s patron and friend Nadezhda von Meck. He stayed there in idyllic seclusion in May 1878 and completed this work. These pieces were composed very close in time to his Violin Concerto, and they too demonstrate Tchaikovsky’s matchless gifts as a Romantic master of melody. For this edition, the Russian Tchaikovsky specialist Alexander Komarov offers the highest degree of editorial precision, having drawn on all the relevant sources from both Russian and international archives. In the course of his work he has also been able to disprove beyond a doubt the view held up to now that the title Souvenir d’un lieu cher was only added after Tchaikovsky’s death.
這套包含三首優美小提琴與鋼琴曲的樂譜集名為《對美好地方的回憶》。這裡的「地方」指的是柴可夫斯基的贊助人兼好友娜傑日達·馮·梅克位於布萊洛夫的鄉間莊園。 1878年5月,柴可夫斯基在此享受著田園詩般的寧靜,並完成了這部作品。這些樂曲的創作時間與他的《小提琴協奏曲》非常接近,也展現了柴可夫斯基作為浪漫主義旋律大師的卓越才華。為了確保版本的準確性,俄羅斯柴可夫斯基研究專家亞歷山大·科馬羅夫查閱了俄羅斯和國際檔案館的所有相關資料,力求做到極致的編輯嚴謹。此外,他還徹底駁斥了先前關於「《對一個美好地方的回憶》」這一標題是在柴可夫斯基去世後才添加的觀點。