A mysterious night atmosphere, pirate battles, and a breathtaking sunrise: With the ballet "Daphnis et Chloë," Maurice Ravel created what was arguably his most dazzling score—and that's saying something, given the magical timbres that the French composer also celebrated in all his other orchestral works. On their current album for Warner, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and its musical director Aziz Shokhakimov bring this masterpiece to life in all its glory—with fantastic results. "Daphnis et Chloë," the "Symphonie choréographique" premiered in Paris in 1912 by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, is best known today for the two suites that Ravel compiled from individual pieces for the concert hall. This makes it all the more spectacular to experience the approximately one-hour piece once again in its entirety in the context of Ravel's 150th birthday. In its review of the 2024 concert performance in Strasbourg, which forms the basis of the new recording, the French online music magazine "Résonances Lyriques" raved about the "opalescent timbres" produced by strings that impress with their "homogeneity and legato" in the upper register and "noble richness" in the lower register, "weightless woodwinds," brass with an "embracing sound," and, last but not least, a "multicolored" percussion section and harps that sound "intense and aristocratic." An instrumental mosaic of sound that condenses into a sparkling orchestral frenzy, atmospherically complemented by the singing of the Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg.01. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Introduction02. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Danse religieuse03. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Danse générale04. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Danse grotesque de Dorcon05. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis06. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Devant le groupe radieux que forment Daphnis et Chloé enlacés07. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Danse de Lycéion08. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Les pirates09. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Une lumière irréelle enveloppe le paysage10. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes11. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 1 Interlude12. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 2 Danse guerrière13. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 2 Danse suppliante de Chloé14. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 2 Soudain l'atmosphère semble chargée d'éléments insolites15. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3 Lever du jour16. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3 Daphnis et Chloé miment l'aventure de Pan et de Syrinx17. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3 Chloé figure par sa danse les accents de la fl?te18. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3 Chloé tombe dans les bras de Daphnis19. Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3 Danse généralebooklet.pdf13222990066/104.28.159.215