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Daphnis et Chloe

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Aziz Shokhakimov

Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue number: 415 360-2
EAN / barcode: 028941536020
Release date: 30 July 1985
Type: Album

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Mysterious nocturnal atmosphere, pirate fights and a breathtaking sunrise: With the ballet "Daphnis et Chloë", Maurice Ravel created what is probably his most dizzying score - and that's saying something when you look at the magic of tone colors that the French composer also displayed in all his other orchestral works. On their latest album for Warner, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and its musical director Aziz Shokhakimov bring the masterpiece to life in all its splendor - with a fantastic result. "Daphnis et Chloë", the "Symphonie choréographique" premiered by Sergei Diagilevs Ballets Russes in Paris in 1912, is nowadays mainly known because of the two suites that Ravel compiled from individual movements for the concert hall. This makes it all the more spectacular to relive the approximately one-hour piece in its entirety in the context of Ravel's 150th birthday. In its review of the concert performance in Strasbourg in 2024, on which the new recording is based, the French online specialist magazine "Résonances Lyriques" praised the "opalescent timbres" produced by strings that are "homogeneous and legato" in the high register, in the low register "with their noble fullness", "weightless woodwinds", brass with an "embracing sound" and, last but not least, a "multicolored" percussion section and harps that sound "intense and aristocratic". An instrumental sound mosaic that condenses into a sparkling orchestral frenzy and is atmospherically complemented, not least by the singing of the Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg.

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Tracklist

01 Lent Une Prairie À La Lisière D'un Bois Sacré 09:27
02 Vif (Chiffre 17) Les Jeunes Filles Attirent Daphnis 02:30
03 Vif (Chiffre 29) Daphnis Écarte Le Bouvier Et S'approche Tendrement De Chloé 05:28
04 Lent (Chiffre 53) Les Rires S'interrompent Devant... Daphnis Et Chloé Enclacés 05:25
05 Modéré (Chiffre 70) La Nymphe S'anime Et Descend De Son Piédestal 05:36
06 (Chiffre 83) Darrière La Scène, On Entend Des Voix... Jusqu'au Début De La Seconde Partie 03:04
07 Animé Et Très Rude (Chiffre 92) (Au Camp Des Pirates) 04:06
08 Très Rude (Chiffre 131) Chloé, Les Nains Liées, Est Traînée Par Deux Pirates... Jusqu'au Début De La Troisème Partie 06:44
09 Lent (Chiffre 155) Aucun Bruit... Daphnis Est Toujours Éntendu Devant La Grotte Des Nymphes 05:08
10 (Chiffre 170) Le Vieux Berger Lammon Explique (Pourquoi) Pan A Sauvé Chloé 06:23
11 Lent (Chiffre 193) Devant L'autel Des Nymphes, Il Jure Sa Foi, Sur Deux Brebis 04:40

Source: MusicBrainz

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