Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

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This Naxos disc, in dazzling sound, demonstrates that under its latest music director, Jun Märkl, the Lyon National Orchestra's standards remains high. This is one of the most spectacular of... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 30th Mar 2009
Catalogue No: 8570992
Label: Naxos
Length: 71 minutes

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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Work length55:52

$15.00

$19.50

Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, Lyon National Orchestra
Jun Märkl
Recorded: 15-17 January , 11 February 2008
Recording Venue: Auditorium de Lyon, Lyon, France

Part I: Introduction

Track length2:50

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Part I: Danse religieuse

Track length4:48

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Part I: Les jeunes filles attirent Daphnis - Danse generale

Track length2:50

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Part I: Daphnis s'approche tendrement de Chloe

Track length0:41

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Part I: Danse grotesque de Dorcon

Track length1:48

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Part I: Danse legere et gracieuse de Daphnis

Track length4:28

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Part I: Danse de Lyceion

Track length3:12

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Part I: Une lumiere irreelle enveloppe le paysage

Track length1:50

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Part I: Danse lente et mysterieuse

Track length3:25

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Part I: Derriere la scene, on entend des voix

Track length2:45

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Part II: Anime et tres rude

Track length4:47

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Part II: Danse suppliante de Chloe

Track length6:05

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Part III: Aucun bruit que le murmure des ruisselets amasses par la rosee qui coule des roches

Track length5:33

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Part III: Chloe figure la jeune nymphe errant das la prairie

Track length5:56

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Part III: Devant l'autel des Nymphes - Danse generale

Track length4:54

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Ravel: Shéhérazade - Ouverture de féerie

Work length15:33

$4.00

$5.15

Lyon National Orchestra
Jun Märkl
Recorded: 16-17 February 2008
Recording Venue: Auditorium de Lyon, Lyon, France

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Ravel’s masterpiece, Daphnis et Chloé, was composed for the Ballets Russes and premièred in 1912.

Ravel described his sumptuous score, for large orchestra, wind machine and wordless chorus, as “a choreographic symphony in three parts … a vast musical fresco … faithful to the Greece of my dreams”.

His earliest orchestral work, the “fairy overture” Shéhérazade is all that remains of a planned opera based on The Thousand and One Nights. Ravel conducted the première in 1899, although the score remained unpublished until 1975.

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2010

This Naxos disc, in dazzling sound, demonstrates that under its latest music director, Jun Märkl, the Lyon National Orchestra's standards remains high. This is one of the most spectacular of showpieces among ballet scores, and the Lyon orchestra gives a powerful and subtle performance, with the wind and brass soloists outstanding.
The Leipzig Radio Choir, which comes from where Märkl was last in charge, adds to the glow of the performance, which can match almost any version in the catalogue. Naxos has again demonstrated its rare ability to produce excellent discs at bargain price. The shimmering sounds of the Daybreak movement are perfectly caught, with the wind nicely defined, and the final Danse générale rounds the performance off thrillingly.
To add to the attractions a substantial fill-up is offered. The Ouverture Shéhérazade is a student work but already demonstrates Ravel's gift for creating magical orchestral textures, very reminiscent of Debussy but not entirely derivative with its climactic fanfares leading to a hushed close. It provides a delightful makeweight to an outstanding disc.

June 2009

This is one of the most spectacular of showpieces among ballet scores, and the Lyon orchestra gives a powerful and subtle performance, with the wind and brass soloists outstanding. The Leipzig Radio Choir… adds to the glow of the performance, which can match almost any version in the catalogue. Naxos has again demonstrated its rare ability to produce excellent discs at bargain price.

14th August 2009

It's a thoughtful, low-key performance: Märkl isn't so much interested in extremes as in a mood of sustained sensuousness, in which the lovers' naive sexuality and their rejection of older, more experienced partners makes perfect sense. It's played with the Lyon orchestra's trademark refinement- something they clearly haven't lost since Märkl became music director in 2005.

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