Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé | WDR Symphony Orchestra | WDR Radio Choir

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  • Maurice Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" performed by the WDR Symphony Orchestra and the WDR Radio Choir conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Recorded live at the Kölner Philharmonie on February 19, 2016.
    Tableau I (Une prairie а la lisiére d'un bois sacré)
    00:00:04 1. Introduction et danse religieuse
    00:10:22 2. Danse générale
    00:11:49 3. Danse grotesque de Dorcon
    00:13:37 4. Danse légére et gracieuse de Daphnis
    00:18:04 5. Danse de Lycéion
    00:21:08 6. Nocturne. Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes
    Tableau II (Camp des pirates)
    00:26:08 7. Introduction
    00:28:40 8. Danse guerrière
    00:33:03 9. Danse suppliante de Chloé
    Tableau III (Paysage du première 1er tableau, а la fin de la nuit)
    00:38:59 10. Lever du jour
    11. Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx)
    00:50:45 12. Danse générale (Bacchanale)
    WDR Symphony Orchestra
    WDR Radio Choir
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
    Robert Blank, rehearsal WDR Rundfunkchor
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  • @josemanuelpastorcampos
    @josemanuelpastorcampos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    If you want to learn the correct way to produce a video of a classical music concert, here's a masterclass. Both the producer and the cameramen have studied the score in detail, and know the orchestra composition and arrangement; and the cameramen are reading the score in real time.

    • @IloveChrome846
      @IloveChrome846 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Was filmed so beautifully, I'm just first now realizing there WERE cameras, after reading your comment! This is likely the camera men's goal. Great comment!

  • @brycedub
    @brycedub 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    One of the best pieces ever. The richest chords, widest instrumentation. A great performance of a masterpiece.

  • @artistjoh
    @artistjoh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    What the world lost when Ravel suffered brain damage from a car accident. We need more of his music but we were robbed prematurely of his genius. His work is simply wonderful. He himself thought that he wasn’t good enough, but he ranks with the best in history. This music transcends the ordinary in a magical way. And this performance is wonderful.

    • @Poempedoempoex
      @Poempedoempoex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Unfortunately for him Ravel was quite a perfectionist so he was never really satisfied with his work

    • @KinkyLettuce
      @KinkyLettuce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      gosh your comment hit me real good. I dont know if we will ever have another composer with such magical orchestration technique and pin point precision. His music isnt only mechanically precise, but also incredibly expressive. Of course, such expression wouldnt be possible without his craftsmanship

    • @oleflogger6828
      @oleflogger6828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've read that he had a friendship/rivalry with Debussy. When I listen to Daphnis et Chloé, I hear Debussy's inventiveness taken to new heights. This is very, very original and just plain terrific!

    • @artistjoh
      @artistjoh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ole Flogger Yes, yes, yes. Other composers had their best moments, and not so best ones, but Ravel always enchants with creativity in every composition that is turned up to the max. It is as if he was only capable of perfection. His student said that Ravel’s glory, is that all of his work is in the repertoires of the world’s great orchestras, and there is no other composer for whom that is true.

    • @yp3424
      @yp3424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Indeed. However, according to one of his biographers, Jean Echenoz, Ravel initially, started to protest about terrible headaches which gradually worsened and led him to serious memory lapses (or gaps). The composer was suffering terribly, mostly because he couldn't understand what was really happening to him. After having him examined, the doctors decided to operate him, afraid of a "presupposed" brain tumor or hemorrhage. The operation was very risky and unfortunately failed. Ravel died soon after, without never recovering, aged 63.

  • @RictusShanks
    @RictusShanks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    This performance is of the highest possible level. The conductor and the orchestra found the line that runs through the piece and followed it for 55 unbroken minutes. The "orchestral effects" appear with such naturalness it's unbelievable. I put those words in quotes for often they are simply effects, but here they have musical sense and beauty. His sense of accent (which is one aspect in the direction of perception) is, as far as I can tell, infallible. But I think the aspect which I found most impressive was how he was able to present an ever-changing orchestral mass; it seemed like some constant topological transformation at work.

    • @gvidalq
      @gvidalq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Such a beautiful and well thought description

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Thank you so much for this compliment! We appreciate it.

    • @RosendahlMusic
      @RosendahlMusic ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This is absolutely an incredible interpretation!

    • @alfonsoteja
      @alfonsoteja ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It surely is! 😊

    • @powysdewhurst
      @powysdewhurst 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@gvidalq Agreed.

  • @kansasmypie6466
    @kansasmypie6466 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    43:06 and the next 30 seconds is my favorite part in the piece. Man I love that part.

    • @kentcs5367
      @kentcs5367 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I concurr!

    • @willmorris8198
      @willmorris8198 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's devastatingly beautiful

  • @rhandilee3722
    @rhandilee3722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    If I had to be marooned somewhere with only one composition to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it!

  • @jahman514
    @jahman514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    46:53 for flute

  • @stephenjablonsky1941
    @stephenjablonsky1941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I have listened to this piece 500 times and never get tired of being immersed in its sonic beauty. This score is a miracle. Thank you Maurice for all the pleasure you have given me.

    • @Gman24777
      @Gman24777 ปีที่แล้ว

      couldn't have said it better, Stephen.

    • @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq
      @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq ปีที่แล้ว

      Here in Ohio, USA, I could never catch a Ravel symphonic performance, hard to musically understand for most classical music lovers.

    • @stephenjablonsky1941
      @stephenjablonsky1941 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both Cleveland and Cincinnati have excellent orchestras. You may reside in the cultural wasteland that is the rest of Ohio.

  • @na-kun2136
    @na-kun2136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    45:00 this string section's warm gliss chords are just the best thing i have ever heard in my entire life. And those pastorale like oboes. This is literally my favourite moment in entire orchestral repertoire

    • @yennik3439
      @yennik3439 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      have you ever played among us

    • @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5
      @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yennik3439 What does that have to do with anything? Don’t put in red herrings

    • @yennik3439
      @yennik3439 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 do YOU play among us?

    • @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5
      @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yennik3439 I don’t. What’s the point of asking these ridiculous questions anyways

    • @yennik3439
      @yennik3439 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 i dont you know how good of a game amomg us is?

  • @na-kun2136
    @na-kun2136 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    33:25 Elegance of this section is beyond this world

  • @Patricu
    @Patricu ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I can remember that day at school when the teacher moved onto this period of music with excerpts from Debussy (Nuages) and Ravel (Daphnis et Chloé). He personally did not like it - I was blown away! I was 14, I am now 60 - it is still fresh in my mind. But the ethereal Daphnis et Chloé is a high point.

  • @israelasiku3975
    @israelasiku3975 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    39:00 to 44:44 is the incredible DAYBREAK. The most beautiful part of this composition.

    • @seyyahseyyaha2362
      @seyyahseyyaha2362 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Zevklerimiz aynı.

    • @benjami9
      @benjami9 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree totally.. this is the section of all music one can ascend to heaven with.

  • @lucpraslan
    @lucpraslan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    How wonderful to see a camera operator know to highlight instruments when they're prominent. There are some shockers out there even when an instrument has a solo, the camera is pointed in a completely different direction.

    • @scootermacarthy5990
      @scootermacarthy5990 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe there is usually a person following the score and advises by radio where to focus or a control room that activates a certain camera for the best and logical camera shot.

  • @tomestubbs
    @tomestubbs ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Perhaps the most perfect and beautiful piece written in the 20th century. He was such a beautiful human being.

  • @homeofcreation
    @homeofcreation ปีที่แล้ว +14

    1:44 One of the most horrendously difficult Oboe solos ever and beautifully played.

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much 😍

    • @MarshallArtz007
      @MarshallArtz007 ปีที่แล้ว

      Something happened with the timings. Was this video re-uploaded in a slightly different version? I think the oboe solo you’re referring to now starts at 1:12. I had to redo all the time stamps in my original comment because those timings are now incorrect . 😎🎹

  • @user-nf3kz9ee2n
    @user-nf3kz9ee2n ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This music never fails to pit me in tears. It’s just perfect!

  • @albertperson4013
    @albertperson4013 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This piece, among many others, such as Trois Nocturnes, takes me on a journey where my inner soul feels elevated to the heavenly realm. This kind of music makes life worth living.

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We're very happy that you like it 😊

  • @Soalh
    @Soalh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This piece is such an outstanding work of human intellect.

  • @uriahlegutki2257
    @uriahlegutki2257 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love how the harps are so clearly audible!

  • @robertsmuggles6871
    @robertsmuggles6871 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Immersive and transformational. The listener is transported into another realm. It is very much like the Star Trek music which was used in the 1970s when they landed on another planet. To say the Ravel was ahead of his time is an understatement. Epic.

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great reference, thanks!

  • @billding7073
    @billding7073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Ravel could reach mystical proportions with the colors he could achieve from an orchestra and chorus. His popularity with each generation attesting to the brilliance and magnetic force of his music.
    This is an outstanding performance. BRAVO!!

    • @Quotenwagnerianer
      @Quotenwagnerianer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      His music sounds as if one could swim among the clouds in an azure sky ocean.
      Or walk on them and jump from one to another without effort.

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Happy to hear you enjoy the music!

  • @MarshallArtz007
    @MarshallArtz007 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
    Daphnis et Chloé (1909-12)
    Complete Ballet
    Tableau 1️⃣ 🧝‍♀️🧝
    Une prairie a la lisiére d'un bois sacré
    _(A meadow at the edge of a sacred grove)_
    00:03 1. _Introduction_
    02:53 2. _Danse religieuse_ [5]
    In a grotto, a crowd of youngsters bow
    before an altar of nymphs. Girls dance
    around the shepherd Daphnis, kindling
    Chloé's jealousy.
    10:22 3. _Danse générale_ [26]
    The cowherd Dorcon competes for Chloé's attention. A dance contest is proposed for a kiss from Chloé.
    11:49 4. _Danse grotesque de Dorcon_ [33]
    The crowd mocks the rival suitor's clumsy motions.
    13:38 5. _Danse légère et gracieuse_
    _de Daphnis_ [43]
    With a light and graceful dance Daphnis wins the contest and accepts his reward.
    Daphnis and Chloé embrace. The crowd withdraws with Chloé, leaving Daphnis in ecstasy.
    18:05 6. _Danse de Lycéion_ [53]
    Another shepherdess, Lycéion, tries to entice Daphnis. Pirates attack. Chloé beseeches the nymphs' protection but is carried off.
    21:08 7. _Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes (Nocturne)_ [74]
    Daphnis searches for Chloé but collapses in despair. The nymphs come to life, revive Daphnis and supplicate Pan, the god of the shepherds.
    Tableau 2️⃣ 🦸🏻🦸‍♂️
    Camp des pirates
    26:06 8. _Interlude [choir a cappella]_ [83]
    28:40 9. _Danse guerrière_ [93]
    The pirates exhaust themselves in a war-like dance. Their chief orders Chloe to dance.
    33:25 10. _Danse suppliante de Chloé_ [133]
    As she dances in supplication, Chloé tries to escape. As the chief carries her off, fantastic satyrs surround the pirates. Pan appears and the terrified pirates flee.
    Tableau 3️⃣ 🧝🧝‍♀️
    *Paysage du première 1er tableau, а la fin de la nuit* _(Landscape of the first 1st tableau, at the end of the night)_
    38:59 11. _Lever du jour (Daybreak)_ [155]
    As day breaks, Daphnis and Chloé are reunited. An old shepherd, Lammon, explains that Pan intervened in memory of his own love of the nymph Syrinx.
    44:46 12. _Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx)_ [172]
    The couple mime the tale of Pan's courtship of Syrinx, whom he enchanted with a flute of reeds. Before the nymphs' altar Daphnis pledges his love for Chloé.
    46:16 _Très lent_ *[176]* _(the famous flute solo)_
    51:24 13. _Danse général (Bacchanale)_ [199]
    As they tenderly embrace, the entire company joins in a wild joyous dance.
    54:56 Applause
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    WDR Rundfunkchor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
    _Score rehearsal numbers are shown in_
    _brackets._ [ ]
    _These time stamps from March 13, 2023 replace an older comment that I’m unable to delete. Those earlier time stamps are now incorrect (I don’t know what happened 🧐). Use this version._ 😎🎹

  • @uki2116
    @uki2116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have been listening just less than 6 min so far. I am already feeling I’m out of this world and existing somewhere else.

  • @signaturehereplease713
    @signaturehereplease713 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The depth to this orchestral work is out of this world. Ravel truly was a genius when it came to composing meaningful, versatile music.

  • @bilahn1198
    @bilahn1198 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I've heard a lot of performances of this but this is truly exceptional.

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much! 🤗

  • @monsieurd.
    @monsieurd. 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This piece is just beyond all I can conceive in music, the interpretation by the WDR Symphony Orchestra is just mind blowing. I play it again 🙂

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you very much! 🤗

  • @MarshallArtz007
    @MarshallArtz007 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love this performance of Ravel’s greatest work. There is nothing in the repertoire quite like it. 😎🎹

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you! We're really happy that you enjoy our performance 🤗

  • @g.e.whitman
    @g.e.whitman ปีที่แล้ว +16

    One of the greatest pieces of music ever

  • @Cybi0
    @Cybi0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I suspect the applauses from the audience went on for long after this video ends, and this orchestra and his conductor surely deserved it : this was the result of hours and hours of work to play this masterpiece as it was played. Admiration and respect to all those incredibly talented musicians !

  • @Scriabinfan593
    @Scriabinfan593 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm going to see this piece live January 2023 and I can't wait.

  • @AlessandroMallegni
    @AlessandroMallegni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    43:42 starts tachycardia, 44:15 breathless. Oh Ravel, thank you so much for this masterpiece and making us excited... It is always a journey...

  • @yp3424
    @yp3424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Bravissimi tutti.
    The part "Lever du jour" (daybreak), and the finale or "Danse générale",are (objectively speaking as a musician), two of the best orchestral works ever written by a composer.

    • @surielcastillo5718
      @surielcastillo5718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Completely agree with you. I still think to this day that the finale is one of the best things Ravel ever wrote.

  • @zuzannawisniewska4464
    @zuzannawisniewska4464 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is such a GORGEOUS performance. Good old Jukka- Pekka - Saraste.Soooo sensual. Love this conductor.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Greatness and Splendor of cannot be overstated, and beyond description

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you 😊

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WDRKlassik
      You are welcome
      From
      A corner of Shining Tokyo of Land of the Rising Sun🇯🇵💮🎴⛩️🎑🍜🍣🍢🍱🗾🚅🗼🎎🏮👘🗻🎏🥋🌊🌸🎌

  • @belartful
    @belartful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The beauty and color of Ravel's Music is at its best here..as a composer and Orchestrator,he is unmatched by any other..

  • @brianthompson4480
    @brianthompson4480 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    A mysterious, achingly beautiful piece of art!!!

  • @raychaloner7617
    @raychaloner7617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So very beautiful. Some 'music' you want to be over, this you don't want to ever end.

  • @herol64700
    @herol64700 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    best complete w chorus these 75 yo ears have ever heard thanks

  • @solmanism9538
    @solmanism9538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for Mr.Ravel
    Thank you for this great performance sounds!!

  • @m.nadertabar3893
    @m.nadertabar3893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ultimate perfection in terms of composition and orchestration with a first class performance.

  • @evanlohning
    @evanlohning 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The camerawork/editing is superb; the music is sublime. But to me the best thing is the spirit, the orchestra's individual souls coming together to produce Ravel's beautiful work. This kind of art is up there near the pinnacle of human achievement, in a sense greater than individual achievements for the simple reason that working together is the greatest challenge facing mankind today, so it seems. What if every member of this orchestra was the leader of a country, and that to be a leader, you had to have this level of professional skill and being able to work together to create something bigger than just yourself? How many problems could be solved. That's the kind of world I'd like to live in.

  • @T-Slider
    @T-Slider 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    An absolutely dazzling, wonderful performance

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! 🤗

  • @uriahlegutki2257
    @uriahlegutki2257 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Never have heard the Daybreak with the choir, very cool

  • @marsstubblefield
    @marsstubblefield ปีที่แล้ว +10

    OMG‼️
    Splendor, beauty, raw POWER
    . . . to see this many talented performers focusing their collective energies on a work of such depth & breadth
    “awesome” falls short as a comment, but it’s a start . . .

  • @pandude53
    @pandude53 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Some of the finest woodwind and brass playing and execution Ive heard in this virtuoso piece

  • @shinmaki4191
    @shinmaki4191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    始めて聞いたけれど、こんな美しい交響曲をまだ知らなかったのだと思いました。
    一つの楽器が独奏したり、次には協奏したりと、変化が豊かで綺麗だ。

  • @eddund6932
    @eddund6932 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Ravel le génie orchestral

  • @christianbrodiez5287
    @christianbrodiez5287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Interprétation de cette ouvre de Ravel absolument splendide ; quelle belle prestation de ce chef d'orchestre rarement
    visionné : Bravo !

  • @bryangl1
    @bryangl1 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Despite many years of listening, watching and playing music, I don't think I've ever heard more than a much shorter suite and usually without the choir. To hear this now, in such an obviously brilliant performance, almost makes me weep for what I have been missing. And the perfect balances that are heard in this performance, balance between the sections and soloists of the orchestra (it's unfair to pick out any one soloist, but first flute must be congratulated for brilliant phrasing and liquid cascades of notes), and the balancing of the instrumental lines in the music with the choir assist in revealing Saraste's mastery of the score. Then, after this, to imagine any part of the score being performed without the chorus, must seem like an open wound. Thank you to all for this stunning upload. I must wait for several hours to recover from this first exposure, but then, back to the thrill of this work. I don't think I've ever heard such a display of colour in the orchestration, and here, the conductor splashes and mixes the palette of colours Ravel provided, it must be, to perfection. To be able to hear such music and live to tell the tale, surely proves music to be the most profound of the arts [Somehow, I think I got carried away with some of my exuberance ! Some???]

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you again for your kind words!

    • @bryangl1
      @bryangl1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WDRKlassik Thank you, for the music.

    • @marsstubblefield
      @marsstubblefield ปีที่แล้ว

      excellent review

    • @willmorris8198
      @willmorris8198 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bryangl1 clarinet 1 was amazing also. I love the solo at 22:12

    • @Claude1Rochon
      @Claude1Rochon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      in a modern TH-cam world like ours in 2023 where most people express themselves in nothing more than one short sentence... with more than a good dose of hyperbole....you are not to worry about being exuberant on account of this comment alone. PLEASE...do not get carried away with comparison. I KNOW you have been reading other's short comments....(your last comment is a telling one) do not compare your Artfull critique to that of others who are not as expressful as you. It would be a LOSS to all of us. Dare or be gone. Cheers

  • @brianthompson4480
    @brianthompson4480 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Kudos to Ravel, Saraste, WDR orchestra/choir and excellent audio engineering/video production!!!

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much 😊

  • @nerondesurgyolivier1885
    @nerondesurgyolivier1885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The lack of comments at this time may be due to a temporary deletion of the video. I remember reading very enthusiastic reviews, and mine is no less admiring.
    "Daphnis and Chloe" is perhaps Maurice Ravel's masterpiece. In a very prosperous period for french orchestral music, Ravel explored and exploited there, using a large number of instruments, equally numerous means of musical expression, organizing them into a composition both coherent and spectacular for the ears. The succession of soft melodies and strongly rhythmic movements, all with subtle and daring dissonances, make it a jewel of a symphonic poem.
    Performing this 'choregraphic symphony' (composed for the Russian Ballet) requires a large group of virtuoso musicians... and a lot of work. According to me, this german ensemble, conducted in a precise and serene manner by J.-P. Saraste, has produced a performance of remarkable quality. Audio and video recording isn't bad either!

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much! And you are right, this video was not available for a brief period of time. That is why there are very few comments but still many views.

  • @amirhoseinnouroozi6866
    @amirhoseinnouroozi6866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So much light, color and emotion, Ravel was a true genius. And this was a great performance. Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @simonmoore7454
    @simonmoore7454 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    For me it's 42.30 just as the sun has risen over the horizon of the Med., and you get the superb augmentation in the orchestra! I agree that this piece showcases Ravel's mastery of orchestration and building such a wonderful tone picture! Wonderful performance!

  • @GerrlichStudios
    @GerrlichStudios ปีที่แล้ว +7

    c'est une pièce manifique et féerique. J'ai adoré les couleurs et l'intimité du chorale. Bien fait dans l'ensemble.

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Magnificent music.

  • @jotatd4038
    @jotatd4038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love this performance so much. I listen to it maybe 5 times a month

  • @rosie5762
    @rosie5762 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The modulation at 27:07 is incredible

  • @billding7073
    @billding7073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A spectacular and singular piece of music beautifully realized. Ravel never fails to amaze and delight me.

  • @1azulcielo1
    @1azulcielo1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I need to get back to my chores but I have been hipnotized by this enigmatic music. : o

  • @limrc1
    @limrc1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Superb performance and crystal clear audio mastering; can hear every detail and instrument; thanks for sharing! Kudos!!

    • @duif4b
      @duif4b 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes indeed! Only flaw is the compressed dynamics due to TV compatible sound processing. Hope they recorded the uncompressed audio, too...

    • @robertmacfarlane8988
      @robertmacfarlane8988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AGREE!

  • @paulandamyw
    @paulandamyw 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Breathtaking performance of a masterful piece. Gratitude.....

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!
      We're glad that you like our performance 🤗

  • @luisete993
    @luisete993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    4:06 what is Gordon Ramsay doing here?

    • @hmthatsnice
      @hmthatsnice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      playing french horn, of course

    • @tfpp1
      @tfpp1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Likewise -- 53:24 I didn't know Michael Tilson Thomas played flute! LOL

    • @naufalauliyatonoudin9972
      @naufalauliyatonoudin9972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      looking for the lamb sauce

    • @sneddypie
      @sneddypie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      tono udin yes

    • @rdeluca14
      @rdeluca14 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A complete artist...jajjajajjajajajajajajaa

  • @gerardomoreno6704
    @gerardomoreno6704 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Perfección. Ravel estaría orgulloso.

  • @laurencej7792
    @laurencej7792 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wonderful music, musicians and video, thanks
    (also, scenes from Hitchcock movies are coming to my mind... I guess Mr Herrmann owes some of his greatness to Ravel)

  • @carlosregules8175
    @carlosregules8175 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There are not enough words to describe the impact of joy and delight, that this wonderful performance, has produced on me! Thanks to WDR and his conductor!!!

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome:)

  • @zenabaker6164
    @zenabaker6164 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amazing Performance! What a cool dude of a conductor too!

  • @henrygrau4607
    @henrygrau4607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Perhaps the finest selection of orchestral pieces known to man here!

  • @apzzpa
    @apzzpa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Never fails to make my heart soar. Truly the best piece of music ever written

    • @kamakiri700
      @kamakiri700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree - its surreal

    • @janicezany
      @janicezany 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am inclnied to agree with you!

    • @davidsheriff9274
      @davidsheriff9274 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think The Mother Goose Suit is up there with this. I bought both of them at the same time, they were both by The Montreal Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit. Listening to the last section of The Mother Goose Suit was the first time I had ever cried while listening to music. The only other time was when I heard Karen Carpenter sing" I won't last a Day Without You" on the radio in my car.
      I guess some people might think putting Maurice Ravel and Karen Carpenter in the same conversation about music is kind of strange, but it's not so strange to me.

    • @apzzpa
      @apzzpa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidsheriff9274 They share the same quality of how deeply it makes us feel

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing! 🤗

  • @larrysolomon7589
    @larrysolomon7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a thrilling, awe-inspiring performance!!! I wish I could have been there!

  • @pianomanhere
    @pianomanhere ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a remarkable performance this is. I've always preferred hearing the complete ballet rather than the suites (same for Roussel's "Le Festin d'Araignée") and this performance is one that shows me once again just WHY I prefer that.

  • @leoinsf
    @leoinsf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I consider this the greatest symphonic orchestral work ever written!!! To think that besides the eternal beauty of the orchestral sound and the fact that Ravel arranged those notes, orchestrated those notes and forgot momentarily the limits of imagination and orchestral power, makes one think of deity. Why hasn't some ballet company taken up producing a video of this powerful orchestral piece with dancers is beyond me. What a horrible lack of imagination and a direct insult to the glory of Ravel's accomplishment!
    Let's put the Daphnis and Chloe, pirates, etc. into this orchestral powerhouse! Before I die (I am 83), I want to connect my orchestral imagination with choreography. It is time!!!!

    • @christianwithers1121
      @christianwithers1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree with all you said here! Why isn't there a ballet performance video on the level of the orchestral performances available?! It's a travesty!

    • @christianwithers1121
      @christianwithers1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the best I've found, but it is definitely not without flaws:
      th-cam.com/video/H1XSculJrRs/w-d-xo.html

    • @leoinsf
      @leoinsf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christianwithers1121 Christian: Actually there are actually two performances on U-Tube of Daphnis et Chloe as a ballet : one kind of boring and one absolutely brilliant with Greek mythological overtones. I think the good one is done by the Royal Ballet. Look this up and be surprised.

    • @christianwithers1121
      @christianwithers1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leoinsf yes that’s actually the one I linked!

    • @gvidalq
      @gvidalq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I dont think dance on its own is able to convey how dynamic and colorful this music is. Maybe I see a Disney's Fantasia sort of film doing justice to this crazy masterpiece

  • @JJHunsecker
    @JJHunsecker ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My favorite performance of one of my favorite pieces. Magnificent!

  • @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq
    @RicardoMartinez-oh9sq ปีที่แล้ว +4

    22:44, Ravel anticipated the sound of what today we know as synthesizers and other electronic stuff, this with limited "analog" technology, amazing!

    • @finlybenyunes8385
      @finlybenyunes8385 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing limited about what Ravel could do with an orchestra!

  • @NEWYORKNEWYORK7
    @NEWYORKNEWYORK7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ravel demonstrated his capacity for large-scale music in his ballet Daphnis et Chloé, composed in 1912. This piece, written for large orchestra, was originally intended for the Russian Ballet.

  • @Benbeenbee
    @Benbeenbee ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the first time for me to hear aeoliphone in an orchestral piece, works wonders.

  • @spactick
    @spactick ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what a bizarre and beautiful composition

  • @carbonc6065
    @carbonc6065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow, this is my (new) favorite version!

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow, that's nice to hear!

  • @user-rn2nt9cd1x
    @user-rn2nt9cd1x ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With love from Belarus , Mensk !!!

  • @VveMLepitre
    @VveMLepitre 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Magnifique , wunderbar, excellent découpage , superbe , merci WDR !

  • @richardmedot
    @richardmedot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    MAGNIFIQUE

  • @joicemacedo6713
    @joicemacedo6713 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Que hino maravilhoso! Brilhante! Estou emocionada de verdade! Cadê os brasileiros que amam músicas incríveis? Só eu aqui?

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Obrigado 😊

  • @foveauxbear
    @foveauxbear 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is a very beautiful performance, can't fault the playing ... the orchestra's ensemble is flawless.

  • @RanBlakePiano
    @RanBlakePiano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for this magnificent post !

  • @sfperalta
    @sfperalta 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This piece, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Stravinsky’s Firebird, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances are my go-to listens that are always fresh, never tired or old-hat. Pure brilliance, especially this work!

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We're happy that you like it! 🤗

  • @alfredneubert1288
    @alfredneubert1288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The divisi at 24.34 is just too pretty for this world, the bass clarinet player and the flute did a well job

  • @lastbitofmashedpotato797
    @lastbitofmashedpotato797 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this would work so well as film music, just imagine a ghibli film with this music, the story practically writes itself.

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yes!

    • @19Edurne
      @19Edurne ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, it sure influenced some. "Laura" (dir. Otto Preminger) soundtrack comes to mind.

  • @alfonsoteja
    @alfonsoteja ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a great performance, including the video and audio registration. Pardon mi español, Desde Monterrey, México

  • @marshallartz395
    @marshallartz395 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
    Daphnis et Chloé *(1909-12)*
    *Complete Ballet*
    🧝Part 1️⃣ 🧝‍♀️
    *A meadow at the edge of a sacred wood.*
    00:36 1. *Introduction*
    03:27 2. *Danse religieuse [5]*
    _In a grotto, a crowd of youngsters bow_
    _before an altar of nymphs. Girls dance_
    _around the shepherd Daphnis, kindling_
    _Chloé's jealousy._
    10:55 3. *Danse générale [26]*
    _The cowherd Dorcon competes for Chloé's_ _attention. A dance contest is proposed_
    _for a kiss from Chloé._
    12:23 4. *Danse grotesque de Dorcon [32]*
    _The crowd mocks the rival suitor's clumsy motions._
    14:11 5. *Danse légère et gracieuse de*
    *Daphnis [43]*
    _With a light and graceful dance Daphnis wins_
    _the contest and accepts his reward._
    _Daphnis and Chloé embrace. The crowd_ _withdraws with Chloé, leaving Daphnis_
    _in ecstasy._
    18:10 6. *Danse de Lycéion*
    _Another shepherdess, Lyceion, tries to_
    _entice Daphnis. Pirates attack. Chloé_
    _beseeches the nymphs' protection but_
    _is carried off._
    23:23 7. *Danse lente et mystérieus des*
    *Nymphes (Nocturne)*
    _Daphnis searches for Chloé but collapses_
    _in despair. The nymphs come to life,_
    _revive Daphnis and supplicate Pan, the god_
    _of the shepherds._
    🦹‍♂️Part 2️⃣ 🦹‍♂️
    *The pirate camp*
    26:41 8. *Interlude [83]* _[choir a cappella]_
    28:21 9. *Introduction*
    29:13 10. *Danse guerrière [93]*
    _The pirates exhaust themselves in a war-like_ _dance. Their chief orders Chloé to dance._
    33:58 11. *Danse suppliante de Chloé [133]*
    _As she dances in supplication, Chloé tries_ _to escape. As the chief carries her off,_
    _fantastic satyrs surround the pirates._
    _Pan appears and the terrified pirates flee._
    🧝Part 3️⃣ 🧝‍♀️
    39:33 12. *Lever du jour*
    _As day breaks, Daphnis and Chloé are_
    _reunited. An old shepherd, Lammon, explains_
    _that Pan intervened in memory of his own_
    _love of the nymph Syrinx._
    45:18 13. *Pantomime (Les amours de*
    *Pan et Syrinx)*
    46:52 _[the famous flute solo]_
    _The couple mime the tale of Pan's courtship_
    _of Syrinx, whom he enchanted with a_
    _flute of reeds. Before the nymphs' altar_
    _Daphnis pledges his love for Chloé._
    51:20 14. *Danse général (Bacchanale)*
    _As they tenderly embrace, the entire_
    _company joins in a wild joyous dance._
    55:30 *Applause*
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    WDR Rundfunkchor
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
    *Philharmonie Cologne*
    *Cologne, Germany 🇩🇪 February 19, 2016*

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks 😉

    • @marshallartz395
      @marshallartz395 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@WDRKlassik : My pleasure. And thanks to all of you for this memorable performance. 😎🎹

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🤗

    • @rosssteel1556
      @rosssteel1556 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks so much for sharing.

    • @MarshallArtz007
      @MarshallArtz007 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think a number of my time stamps are no longer correct. I don’t know what happened. It will take some time to fix since I can no longer edit or delete my older comments (long story😢).
      ➡️I have added a new comment above with updated time stamps.

  • @MultiDansk8
    @MultiDansk8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Choral part at 26:40 is just amazingly unique

  • @annamariamanfredi6624
    @annamariamanfredi6624 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Meravigliosa la Musica, stupendi tutti. Grazie ❤

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Grazie mille 🥰

  • @samuelechiarelli9594
    @samuelechiarelli9594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That soft building from 5:24 to 5:50 always hits me too hard

  • @p.maillard1544
    @p.maillard1544 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Une orchestration extraordinaire ! Un grand maître ce Ravel

    • @WDRKlassik
      @WDRKlassik  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Merci beaucoup! 🤗

  • @frankfiello7904
    @frankfiello7904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    extremely enjoyable to watch and listen.

  • @marcibabi
    @marcibabi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fenomenal!!

  • @billyboyblue1539
    @billyboyblue1539 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ravel is absolutely mind boggling as to the orchestration with the works and and all else-

  • @davidarteagamusic5991
    @davidarteagamusic5991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    AWESOME! Thanks!! :)

  • @reidwhitton6248
    @reidwhitton6248 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The writing for winds in this piece is amazing! Such enchanting music!

  • @marionparow4351
    @marionparow4351 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    haunting and beautiful

  • @jasg7550
    @jasg7550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Una presentación impecable, gran Orquesta y Director para esta obra maestra de Ravel. Un espectáculo extraordinario ver esta obra con las cámara siguiendo con precisión el desarrollo del concierto y la destreza de los integrantes que se ven exigidos al máximo. Tengo varias versiones de esta obra, pero esta con Saraste es lo mejor que he escuchado. Muchas gracias por subirla a WDR clásico y a TH-cam .

  • @Ysacre
    @Ysacre ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Magnificent!