play pause radio-play skip-back skip-forward playing search copy check embed close plus caret-down caret-left caret-right caret-up chevron-down chevron-left chevron-right chevron-up arrow-left arrow-right open-in-new-tab filter menu more-horizontal more-vertical share share-android select star star-block volume-block volume-mute-block volume-mute volume lock settings recording composition devices laptop speaker
Log inCreate account

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

11/9/2010, 5 Tracks, 1:18:36

Featuring

  • Valery Gergiev
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • London Symphony Chorus
  • Maurice Ravel

Did you know?

1/7

Composer Biography

Maurice Ravel suffered from Pick's Disease from 1932 until his death, which left him unable to compose.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Maurice Ravel's ballet Daphnis et Chloé was proposed to him by choreographer Mikhail Fokine for a production by Sergei Diaghilev's Russian ballet company.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

For Daphnis et Chloé, Ravel aimed to create a 'broad musical fresco' that was loyal to 'the Greece of my dreams,' rather than historically accurate.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Ravel was surprised by the popularity of Boléro, claiming in a newspaper interview that the piece was simply 'orchestration without music'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Valery Gergiev, the conductor on this album, is the Founder and Artistic Director of several international festivals, including the Gergiev Rotterdam Festival and the Stars of the White Nights Festival in St Petersburg.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Ravel called Daphnis et Chloé a 'symphonie choréographique' and used his largest orchestra for it, including a wordless four-part chorus.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ravel's Boléro originated from a commission by ballerina Ida Rubinstein, who initially asked him to orchestrate pieces by Isaac Albéniz.

Source: Booklet

You might also enjoy...

Ravel, M.: Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No. 2 / Piano Concerto / La Valse
Ravel: Boléro; Pavane; La Valse
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61; Alborada del gracioso, M. 43; Miroirs, M. 43; Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie Espagnole
Ravel: Bolero
Ravel: Une barque sul l'océan, Valses nobles et sentimentales & Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel: Boléro, M. 81, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b & Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
Ravel: Boléro, Pavane pour une infante défunte & Suite No. 2 de Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel: Orchestral Works
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë
Ravel: Orchestral Music - Boléro/Ma Mère l'Oye etc.
M. Ravel - Integrale De L'Oeuvre Pour Orchestre
©℗ 2010 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd