Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe

Release Date: 18th Aug 2017
Catalogue No: PTC5186652
Label: Pentatone
Length: 72 minutes

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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Tableau I

Work length27:16

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno

Introduction et danse religieuse

Track length8:46

Danse générale

Track length3:28

Danse grotesque de Dorcon

Track length1:51

Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis

Track length2:34

Tous invitent Daphnis à recevoir la récompense

Track length1:19

Danse de Lycéion

Track length2:20

L'on perçoit des bruits d'armes, des cris de guerre qui se rapprochent

Track length1:46

Une lumière irréelle enveloppe le paysage

Track length5:12

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Tableau II

Work length13:39

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno

Introduction

Track length2:55

Danse guerrière

Track length4:38

Danse suppliante de Chloé

Track length6:06

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2

Work length5:31

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno

I. Lever du jour

Track length5:31

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Tableau III

Work length10:31

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno

Pantomime

Track length5:55

Danse générale

Track length4:36

Excerpt, Ravel: Miroirs, M.43

Work length8:44

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno

No. 3, Une barque sur l'océan (Version for Orchestra)

Track length8:44

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Work length7:09

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno

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Sensuous, lushly evocative and intricately constructed, Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe is widely regarded as his greatest orchestral masterpiece and one of the 20th century's finest ballet scores. This vast musical fresco with its shimmering harmonies and spectacular conclusion is compellingly realised by Gustavo Gimeno and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg The album also contains the haunting and exquisite Pavane pour une infante defunte and the vividly scored Une barque sur l'ocean.

Stravinsky regarded Daphnis et Chlotias "not only Ravel's best work, but also one of the most beautiful products of French music" and it's easy to see why. Written with consummate finesse for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, this "choreographic symphony" is an intoxicating blend of warm, seductive harmonies and passionate intensity, realised on a large orchestral canvas. This is Gustavo Gimeno's third recording with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL) for PENTATONE following two releases in May 2017 of orchestral works by Bruckner and Shostakovich. A further six projects are planned in the coming years. "We're very excited to make this multi-album collaboration with PENTATONE part of the artistic journey of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and Gustavo Gimeno," writes Matthew Studdert-Kennedy, Head of Artistic Planning at the OPL.

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