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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe; Hovaness: Meditation on Orpheus / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO & Chorus

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Alan Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus, Op. 155
Performers: Goff, Scott [Flute]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Chorale

Sergey Dyagilev commissioned Ravel to write music for the ballet Daphnis et Chloé with choreography by Michel Fokine: Daphnis was danced by Nijinsky. This 'choreographic...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Premiè...
Performers: Cohen, Franklin; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa; Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

"In Ma mere, he is among the master magicians: subtleties of nuance and timing now abound; here is playing of a wholly different order of...continue...

Great Ballet - Adam, Delibes, Tchaikovsky Glazunov et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Raymonda; Ar...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Anissimov, Alexander; Anichanov, André; Kuchar, Theodore; Jun, Märkl,; Rahbari, Alexander; Craft, Robert

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro / Simon Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro
Performers: Gowland, Kevin
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Chorus

Simon Rattle, now head of the Berlin Philharmonic, also produced some acclaimed records with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Ravel's "Boléro" and "Daphnis et...continue...
Recording information: Butterworth Hall, University of Warwick (12/1990)....continue...

Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Haitink, LSO

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2012-03-27

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

This is a brilliant recording with the chorus nicely placed, which creates an evocative distance to their recorded sound. This release is of a previously...continue...
Recording information: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London (11/06/1979)....continue...

Portrait: Maurice Ravel

10 CD / Membran Import / 2010-07-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Daphnis et Chloé; Concerto for Piano in G major; Conce...
Performers: Bobillier, Gisele; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Casadesus, Robert; Cuenod, Hugues; Danco, Suzanne; Delecluse, Ulysse; Gieseking, Walter; Heifetz, Jascha; Laskine, Lily; Long, Marguerite; Lovano, Lucien; Mich...
Conductors: Ravel, Maurice; Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Markevitch, Igor; Cluytens, André; Gracis, Ettore; Ormandy, Eugene; Ansermet, Ernest; Lindenberg, Edouard

Debussy, Ravel: The Ballets

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Claude Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Performers: Marion, Alain [Flute]
Conductors: Martinon, Jean

BBC Music Magazine
No hazy, lazy impressionism but rather a lithe, dancing sensuality informs Martinon's classic performances. Includes a muscular Jeux and passionate Faune.
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Ravel, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Dukas / Guido Cantelli, et al

1 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2009-09-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes; Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Poulenc: Gloria / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / CSO Resound / 2009-05-12

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Performers: Rivera, Jessica [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard

The Chicago Symphony Chorus takes center stage in two gorgeous French works from the twentieth century. Poulenc's effervescent 'Gloria' features up-and-coming soprano Jessica Rivera's recording...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Shéhérazade Ouverture de féerie / Märkl, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, for orchestra (or 2 pianos)
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

Ravel's masterpiece, 'Daphnis et Chloe', was composed for the Ballets Russes and premiered in 1912. Ravel described his sumptuous score, for large orchestra, wind machine...continue...

Ravel: Boléro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Dahpnis et Chloé; Pavane

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-03

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole; Daphnis et Chloé; pavane; La valse
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008....continue...

Debussy: Images, etc; Ravel / Simon Rattle, et al

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Le roi Lear; Jeux; Images for Orchestra; Pagodes, for piano, L. 100/1; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; La boîte à joujoux (The Toybox), balle...
Performers: Ewing, Maria; Gavrilov, Andrei; Ousset, Cecile
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Rattle is no more at home than when conducting masterpieces from the 20th-century repertoire, and in this set of 5 CDs he can be heard...continue...

Les ballets Russes Vol 2 - Ravel, Poulenc / Gielen, Viotti, Southwest German RSO

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-03-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Francis Poulenc: Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Ravel's radiantly magical Daphnis et Chloé complete, in a glowing, ecstatic choral performance, with a glorious "Daybreak" and a thrilling closing "Danse gé...continue...

Ravel-Daphnis et Chloe/Stravinsky-Petrouchka

1 CD / Accord Import / 2007-10-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Movements (3) from Pétrouchka; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Performers: Guay, Claire Marie le

Recording information: Salle Adyar (Paris) (2001-04-13_2001-04-16&2001-)....continue...

Ravel: Boléro; Pavane; La Valse; Daphnis et Chloé

1 CD / Accord Import / 2007-10-30

Works: Maurice Ravel: pavane; Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; La valse; Boléro; Daphnis et Chloé
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel

Triples - Ravel: Orchestral Works / Jean Martinon, Orchestre de Paris

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, for orchestra (or 2 pianos); Rapsodie espagnole; Menuet antique; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Le tombeau de Couperin; Pavan...
Conductors: Martinon, Jean
Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Petitgirard, Bordeaux Aquitaine

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Performers: Coles, Samuel
Conductors: Petitgirard, Laurent
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra

'Daphnis et Chloe,' generally regarded as Ravel's masterpiece, is one of the numerous important scores that owe their existence to the famous ballet impresario Sergey...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Myung-Whun Chung, et al

1 CD / Deutsches Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: L'Orchestre Philharmonique

"The offstage chorus materializes behind the sinuous modal flute like a softly glittering cloud coalescing out of deep, velvet darkness-a spine-tingling effect that was surely...continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Works, Concertos, etc / Roge, Dutoit

4 CD / Decca / 2006-07-04

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Pavane pour une infante défunte; La valse; Concerto for Piano in G major; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Menuet antique; Concer...
Performers: Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Beaupre, Odette; Carlson, Claudine; Dubosc, Catherine; Gautier, Georges; Henry, Didier; Hutchins, Timothy; Lefort, Marie-Francoise; Roge, Pascal; Sarrazin, Lionel; Zirbel, John
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

This 4 CD budget set draws together Ravel's principal orchestral works, including Daphines et Chloe, La Valse, Ma Mere l'oye, Une barque sur l'ocean, Rapsodie...continue...

The Very Best of Ravel

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Sonatine for Piano; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn; pavane; Miroirs; Rapsodie espagnol...

Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers in the early twentieth century and developed his own musical idiom through the combination of...continue...

Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, etc / Boulez, NYPO, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2005-10-18

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; La valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Daphnis et Chloé
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

"Boulez brings to every phrase, rhythm, and bit of dynamic contrast just the right weighting, balance, and tonal mix; one feels almost as thought he...continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Works / Gélinas, Leaper, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-09-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Rapsodie espagnole; Ma mère l'oye; Boléro
Performers: Gelinas, Valerie
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra

The Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, which has been in existence since 1845, was remolded into the form it has today thanks to public funding...continue...

Maurice Ravel - Son oeuvre et son temps Vol 2 - 1910-1925

3 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Chants populaires; Daphnis et Chloé; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Ma mère l'oye; Mélodies hébraïques (2); Tr...
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]

Ravel: Orchestral Music / Tortelier, Ulster Orchestra

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Tzigane; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro; Valses nobles et senti...
Performers: Blake, Christopher; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fleming, Colin; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Charles; Roberts, Stephen; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus; Ulster Orchestra

"...for those who above all simply with to luxuriate in some of the most spellbinding scores in existence, Torelier's set could well prove to be...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Complete / Munch, Boston Symphony

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: New England Conservatory Chorus

Masters of the French orchestral repertoire offer a sensuous and emotional reading of Ravel's masterwork on this prized Living Stereo recording. "The performance is a...continue...

Ravel: Bolero; Daphnis et Chloe; La Valse; Rapsodie Espagnole

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2004-01-20

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Daphnis et Chloé; La valse; Rapsodie espagnole
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, etc / Rattle, City of Birmingham SO

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-08-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Choir; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: Daphnis & Chloé, Ma Mére l'Oye / Inghelbrecht, French

1 CD / Testament / 2002-08-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Ma mère l'oye
Conductors: Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile

Trio - Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works / Abbado, London SO

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-06-11

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole; Ma mère l'oye; Daphnis et Chloé; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Sh&eacut...
Performers: Edmund-Davies, Paul
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Abbado has impeccable taste in this repertoire, and it goes without saying that the LSO plays superbly throughout." -Penguin Guide on Rhapsodie espagnole & Alborada...continue...

Concertgebouw Series - Ravel: Sheherazade, etc / Monteux

1 CD / Audiophile Legends / 2001-05-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Daphnis et Chloé
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Ravel: Orchestral Works / Abbado, Boston SO, London SO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-09-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Daphnis et Chloé; Le tombeau de Couperin; Miroirs; Shéhé...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New England Conservatory Chorus

"Abbado is in excellent form and brings out all the subtle colourings of Ravel's orchestration in which he is greatly helped by the excellent DG...continue...

Bernstein Century - Ravel: Boléro, La Valse, Alborada

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-07-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Miroirs; La valse; Daphnis et Chloé; Rapsodie espagnole
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; ORTF National Orchestra

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Franck: Psyché / André Cluytens

1 CD / Testament / 1998-05-10

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; César Franck: Psyché Suite, for orchestra
Conductors: Cluytens, André

Symphonic Dances - Bernstein, Strauss, Ravel / Ling, Florida

1 CD / Azica / 1997-09-23

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Performers: Landmeyer, Catherine Wendtland

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, La Valse / Boulez, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-09-19

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; La valse
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Chorus

"...The total effect of all this enhanced care and subtlety, this affection lavished on every phrase, is to heighten the deliberate artificiality of the pastoral...continue...

Ravel: Boléro, Daphnis et Chloé, etc / Abbado, London SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-03-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Miroirs; Boléro
Performers: Edmund-Davies, Paul; Gatt, Martin
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"The sophistication and power of these performances is something to marvel at." -Gramophone...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis & Chloé, Pavane for a Dead Princess / Levi

1 CD / Telarc / 1993-11-23

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Pavane pour une infante défunte
Performers: Smith, Christina
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra