Conducted by Philippe Jordan, this recording of Ravel's complete score for Daphnis et Chloé followed performances of the ballet at Opéra Bastille in Paris. The staging evoked the heady days of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes as it brought together Jordan, the choreographer Benjamin Millepied and the designer Daniel Buren. Jordan had never conducted a ballet production before: "When I work on a symphony, it's different," he said, "Here, the sense of phrasing, the physicality that dancers bring, make it something else. "Completing the CD is another work by Ravel that was originally conceived for Diaghilev's Ballets Russe, the intoxicating and haunting La Valse. Famously, Diaghilev rejected the score after it was first played to him in a two-piano reduction; the performers were Ravel himself and the legendary Marcelle Meyer.
1 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: I Introduction
2 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Ii Danse Religieuse
3 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Iii Danse Des Jeunes Filles
4 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Iv Danse Grotesque De Dorcon
5 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: V Danse Legere Et Gracieuse De Daphnis
6 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Vi Danse De Lyceion
7 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Vii Bruits D'Armes Enlevement De Chloe
8 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I : Viii Nocturne Danse Lente Et Mysterieuse Des Nymphes Apparition De Pan
9 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: Ix Interlude
10 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: X Au Camp De Pirates: Danse Guerriere Bryaxis Ordonne D'Amener La Captive
11 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: Xi Danse Suppliante De Chloe
12 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: Xii Bryaxis Veut L'Entrainer
13 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Iii: Xiii Lever Du Jour
14 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Iii: Xiv Pantomime (Les Amours De Pan Et Syrinx)
15 Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Iii: Xv Danse Generale (Bacchanale)
16 La Valse, M.72
Conducted by Philippe Jordan, this recording of Ravel's complete score for Daphnis et Chloé followed performances of the ballet at Opéra Bastille in Paris. The staging evoked the heady days of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes as it brought together Jordan, the choreographer Benjamin Millepied and the designer Daniel Buren. Jordan had never conducted a ballet production before: "When I work on a symphony, it's different," he said, "Here, the sense of phrasing, the physicality that dancers bring, make it something else. "Completing the CD is another work by Ravel that was originally conceived for Diaghilev's Ballets Russe, the intoxicating and haunting La Valse. Famously, Diaghilev rejected the score after it was first played to him in a two-piano reduction; the performers were Ravel himself and the legendary Marcelle Meyer.
