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Maurice Ravel, Charles Münch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Invocation to the nymphs
2. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Entrance of Daphnis and Chloe
3. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Dance of the young girls around Daphnis
4. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Dorcon's advance of Chloe
5. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Daphnis reasserts his love for Chloe. The Darcon-Daphnis dance contest for a kiss fr
6. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Dorcon's grotesque dance
7. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. The gracious dance of Daphnis
8. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. The triumph of Daphnis and ecstatic union with Chloe
9. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Entrance of temptress Lyceion and dance of veils
10. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. The invasion of the pirates and Daphnis's unsuccessful efforts to save Chloe
11. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 1. Invocation to Pan by the nymphs and prayer of Daphnis
12. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 2. Interlude
13. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 2. The orgiastic dance of the pirates
14. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 2. Bryaxis orders Chloe to be brought forward and to dance
15. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 2. Chloe's dance of supplication
16. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 2. Creatures of Pan appear and frighten the pirates, who flee in terror, leaving Chloe
17. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 3. Sunrise. Daphnis prostrate at the grotte of the nymphs
18. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 3. Daphnis and Chloe are reunited
19. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 3. Lammon tells how Pan saved Chloe in memory of his love for the nymph Syrinx. Daphnis
20. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 3. Pan (Daphnis) fashions a flute from some reeds, on which he declares his love for Sy
21. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 3. Abandoning their roles, the lovers embrace and kneel at the altar of nymphs
22. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 3. Girls dressed as bacchantes enter with tambourines
23. Daphnis et Chloé, ballet for orchestra: Scene 3. Young men invite the scene, and joyous tumult prevails in tribute to the triumph of

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This masterpiece of recording and performance from 1954 has long been sought after by collectors. The master of French orchestral repertoire, Munch offers a gripping and emotional reading of Ravels masterwork.

Upon hearing this recording, the American Record Guide wrote, "The performance is a triumph...this is the stuff of which history is made."

Musicians: Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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