Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Bernard Haitink, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus (1989)
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Bernard Haitink, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
XLD | FLAC (tracks) | No Log/cue-sheet | Coverart Embedded & High-def JPEG | ~237 Mb
Classical | Philips Digital Classics (1989)
Daphnis et Chloé is a ballet with music by Maurice Ravel. Ravel described it as a "symphonie choréographique" (choreographic symphony). The scenario was adapted by Michel Fokine from an eponymous romance by the Greek writer Longus thought to date from around the 3rd century AD. Scott Goddard published a contemporary commentary that discussed the changes to the story that Fokine made to prepare a workable ballet scenario. The story concerns the love between the goatherd Daphnis and the shepherdess Chloé. The ballet is in one act and three scenes.
This recording was presumably Haitink's first recording done in the USA and kicked-off a life-long working relation with the BSO.
Track listing:
1. I. Introduction et danse religieuse - Danse des jeunes -
2. Danse générale
3. Danse grotesque - Danse de Daphnis - Danse de Lycénion
4. Nocturne -
5. Interlude - II. Danse guerrière
6. III. Lever du jour -
7. Pantomime -
8. Danse générale
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