Conducted by Philippe Jordan, this recording of Ravel's complete score for Daphnis et ChloÃ© followed performances of the ballet at OpÃ©ra 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.

Tracklist:

Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: I Introduction
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Ii Danse Religieuse
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Iii Danse Des Jeunes Filles
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Iv Danse Grotesque De Dorcon
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: V Danse Legere Et Gracieuse De Daphnis
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Vi Danse De Lyceion
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I: Vii Bruits D'Armes Enlevement De Chloe
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau I : Viii Nocturne Danse Lente Et Mysterieuse Des Nymphes Apparition De Pan
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: Ix Interlude
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: X Au Camp De Pirates: Danse Guerriere Bryaxis Ordonne D'Amener La Captive
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: Xi Danse Suppliante De Chloe
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Ii: Xii Bryaxis Veut L'Entrainer
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Iii: Xiii Lever Du Jour
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Iii: Xiv Pantomime (Les Amours De Pan Et Syrinx)
Daphnis Et Chloe, M 57, Tableau Iii: Xv Danse Generale (Bacchanale)
La Valse, M.72

UPC: 825646166848
Label: Erato
Release Date: 5.26.15
Format: CD

Philippe Jordan - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe La Valse (Hk) (CD)