01. Goff, Scott "Introduction et danse religieuse - Les jeunes fills attirent Daphnis - Daphnis s'approche tendrement de Chlo?"
02. Goff, Scott "Anim? et rude - Bryaxis ordonne d'amener la captive"
03. Goff, Scott "Lever du jour - Le vieux berger Lammon - Bacchanale"
04. Schwarz, Gerard "Meditation on Orpheus op. 155"
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Description:
Sergey Dyagilev commissioned Ravel to write music for the ballet Daphnis et Chloe with choreography by Michel Fokine: Daphnis was danced by Nijinsky. This 'choreographic symphony', in Ravel's words, is a pastoral romance that drew from the composer a succession of beguiling scenes paying tribute as much to the France of the late eighteenth century as to any Greek setting. The score is masterly, ranging from the luminous to a Bacchanale, in a musical fresco of unrivalled beauty. Alan Hovhaness's Meditation on Orpheus evokes the mystery and charged energy of ancient Greece.