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Ravel - Daphnis Et Chloé; Boléro / City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Simon Rattle / EMI Classics Audio CD 2001 Stereo
UPC 724357458429
Daphnis et Chloé is a 1912 symphonie chorégraphique, or choreographic symphony, for orchestra and wordless chorus by Maurice Ravel. It is in three main sections, or parties, and a dozen scenes, most of them dances, and lasts just under an hour, making it the composer's longest work. In effect it is a ballet, and it was first presented as such. But it is more frequently given as a concert work, either complete or excerpted, vindicating Ravel's own description above.
The dance scenario was adapted by choreographer Michel Fokine from a pastoral romance by the Greek writer Longus thought to date from the 2nd century AD, recounting the love between the goatherd Daphnis and the shepherdess Chloé. Scott Goddard in 1926 published a commentary on the changes to the story Fokine had to apply in order to make the scenario workable.
Boléro is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel. At least one observer has called it Ravel's most famous composition. It was also one of his last completed works before illness forced him into retirement.
| Label: | EMI Classics – 724357458429 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2001 |
| Genre: | Classical |
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Tracklist:
| 1 | Introduction - Sacred Dance | 8:21 | |
| 2 | The Young Girls Attract Daphnis's Attention And Surround Him With Their Dancing - General Dance | 3:15 | |
| 3 | Grotesque Dance (Dorcon) | 1:45 | |
| 4 | Light And Graceful Dance (Daphnis) | 2:57 | |
| 5 | All Invite Daphnis To Receive The Prize - Lyceion's Dance | 3:29 | |
| 6 | The Clash Of Arms Is Heard, Warlike Cries Draw Nearer... Women Cross The Stage, Pursued By Pirates... Mad With Despair, Daphnis Curses The Gods Who Have Failed To Protect The Young Girl Chloe, And Falls Fainting At The Entrance To The Grotto. | 1:45 | |
| 7 | A Strange Light Envelops The Countryside... Slow, Mysterious Dance... The Three Nymphs Invoke The God Pan... Daphnis Bows Down In Supplication. The Light Grows Dim. | 5:29 | |
| 8 | Interlude. The Pirate Camp | 6:19 | |
| 9 | Bryaxis Calls For The Captured Girl To Be Brought Forward. Chloe, Her Hands Tied Is Dragged In By Two Pirates. Chloe Dances Beseechingly. | 4:02 | |
| 10 | Bryaxis Tries To Bear Her Away... But The Pirate Chief Carries Her Off In Triumph... Suddenly The Air Seems Charged With Strange Forces... The Earth Opens Up... The Fearsome Shadow Of Pan Is Silhouetted Against The Mountains. They All Flee In Panic. | 2:42 | |
| 11 | Daybreak | 5:25 | |
| 12 | The Old Shepherd Lammon Explains That, If Pan Has Saved Chloe, It Is In Memory Of The Nymph Syrinx, Once Beloved Of The God. Their Story Is Mimed By Daphnis And Chloe. | 6:51 | |
| 13 | Before The Altar Of The Nymphs He Swears Eternal Fidelity Over Two Ewes... Enter A Group Of Girls Dressed As Bachantes... Daphnis And Chloe Embrace Tenderly... Tumultuous Joy - General Dance | 5:05 | |
| 14 | Boléro | 16:15 |
- Chorus – City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
- Chorus Master – Simon Halsey
- Conductor – Sir Simon Rattle
- Flute – Kevin Gowland
- Orchestra – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
