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Gerard Schwarz: Daphnis & Chloe / Meditation on Orpheus - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Daphnis & Chloe / Meditation on Orpheus

Artist:

Gerard Schwarz

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

747313121175

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2012-07-31

Number of Discs:

1

Additional Details:

COMPLETE

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.

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