{"product_id":"ptc5186652-ravel-daphnis-et-chloe","title":"Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe","description":"While \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaphnis et Chloe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is frequently heard in the concert hall in the form of two orchestral suites, most especially Suite N° 2, this recording by the \u003cstrong\u003eOrchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg\u003c\/strong\u003e reminds us that Ravel’s complete score – his most extended work – consists of much more than these extracted portions. Although the score’s masterly qualities were hailed by the French critic Emile Vuillermoz as early as 1912, this ambitious project made substantial demands on Ravel, and realizing the music was far from easy.\r\n\r\nThe painstaking process of composition often involved Ravel in a private struggle, as distinct from the subsequent orchestration for which he had such a natural and imaginative flair. In fact, the composer rejected his first, somewhat conservative finale of 1910 written in 3\/4 meter, in favor of a much more unpredictable and exciting 5\/4 conclusion completed some two years later.\r\n\r\nBeyond its music, this is a ballet score conceived as part of a large-scale, multidimensional artwork for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets russes. Despite some serious collaborative tensions, the work was first staged at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on 8 June 1912. Ravel’s music, conducted by Pierre Monteux, was accompanied by intense, deeply colored Russian-inspired designs and costumes of Leon Bakst; innovative choreography by the ballet reformer Michel Fokine; and an extended scenario, originally authored by Fokine, but including at least some narrative input from Ravel. Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina danced the title roles.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eGustabo Gimeno, Conductor\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Pentatone","offers":[{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739138765124,"sku":"PTC5186652-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739138797892,"sku":"PTC5186652-9","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739138830660,"sku":"PTC5186652-10","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739138863428,"sku":"PTC5186652-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739138896196,"sku":"PTC5186652-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739138928964,"sku":"PTC5186652-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739138961732,"sku":"PTC5186652-17","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739138994500,"sku":"PTC5186652-18","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739139027268,"sku":"PTC5186652-19","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739139060036,"sku":"PTC5186652-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56739139092804,"sku":"PTC5186652-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56739139125572,"sku":"PTC5186652-23","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57310087348548,"sku":"PTC5186652-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336013586756,"sku":"PTC5186652S1417","price":27.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336013619524,"sku":"PTC5186652S1517","price":30.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57336013652292,"sku":"PTC5186652S1617","price":34.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/PTC5186652-1.jpg?v=1790494517","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/ptc5186652-ravel-daphnis-et-chloe","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}