Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Stéphane Denève - Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2016)

Tracklist

01. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1: Introduction-Danse religieuse
02. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1: Danse générale
03. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1: Danse grotesque de Dorcon
04. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1: Danse légére et gracieuse de Daphnis
05. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1: Danse de Lycéion
06. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1: Nocturne. Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes
07. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 2: Introduction
08. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 2: Danse guerrière
09. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 2: Danse suppliante de Chloé
10. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3: Lever du jour
11. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3: Pantomine
12. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3: Danse générale
13. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): I. Modéré, très franc
14. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense
15. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): III. Modéré
16. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): IV. Assez animé
17. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
18. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): VI. Vif
19. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): VII. Moins vif
20. Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Orchestra): Épilogue. Lent


This third volume of the complete orchestral works by the great French composer Maurice Ravel features his music for the ballet Daphnis et Chloé, his longest work, written for Sergei Diaghalev’s Ballets Russes. The company gave the first performance in 1912. Ravel depicted the characters in the story with great musical delicacy, and the Stuttgart Orchestra reflects this through the attention it gives to the score’s finest nuances. Ravel secures scintillating effects from the large percussion section that he uses, a clear nod to ancient music.

The Valses nobles et sentimentales were composed at the same time as the ballet, which makes it an appropriate coupling. The version for piano, clearly linked to Franz Schubert’s similarly named waltzes, was published in 1911, with the orchestral version following one year later. Again the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra gives a thrilling, first class interpretation.

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