Maurice Ravel – Daphnis & Chloe – Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opera National de Paris, Philippe Jordan (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:30 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Warner Classics/Erato
Recorded: Grande Salle, Opera Bastille, Paris, 16. 17 & 20 October 2014
This new recording of Daphnis et Chloé, Ravel’s most sumptuous score, grew from performances of the Classically-inspired ballet at Paris’ Opéra Bastille in Spring 2014: Philippe Jordan, Music Director of the Paris Opéra was conducting a complete ballet for the first time and the choreographer, Benjamin Millepied – known to a wide audience for his work on the Oscar-winning film Black Swan, starring his wife, Natalie Portman – was undertaking his first major project for the Opéra before assuming his new role as its Director of Dance in Autumn 2014.
Ravel’s spectacular musical depiction of a Mediterranean sunrise, a highlight of Daphnis et Chloé, has become one of classical music’s ‘greatest hits’. It opens the second suite of music that the composer extracted from the ballet, a compact sequence of deliciously sensuous music that is a popular feature of both concerts and recordings. The complete ballet score – which, lasting nearly an hour, is Ravel’s longest work – is less frequently heard. Its lavish forces, which include an exotic selection of percussion (with the wind machine notably prominent) and a wordless offstage chorus, perhaps constitute a reason for the relative rarity of its appearance in the world’s ballet theatres.
Tracklist:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Daphnis et Chloé
Première Partie
1. I. Introduction 02:57
2. II. Danse religieuse 04:46
3. III. Danse des jeunes filles 03:28
4. IV. Danse grotesque de Dorcon 01:48
5. V. Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis 04:02
6. VI. Danse de Lyceion 02:21
7. VII. Bruits d’armes. Enlèvement de Chloé 01:45
8. VIII. Nocturne. Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes…. 05:12
Deuxième Partie
9. IX. Interlude 02:49
10. X. Au camp de pirates : Danse guerrière. Bryaxis ordonne… 04:45
11. XI. Danse suppliante de Chloé 02:59
12. XII. Bryaxis veut l’entraîner 02:44
Troisième Partie
13. XIII. Lever du jour 05:02
14. XIV. Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx) 06:30
15. XV. Danse générale (Bacchanale) 04:55
16. La Valse, M 72 12:28
Personnel:
Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Paris
Philippe Jordan, conductor
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