Daphnis et Chloe Centenary

[teamsaint]

I disagree. If you check Roehre & Suffolkcoastal's listings they have huge gaps - Beethoven's 5th, Bruch's violin concerto, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Ravel's Bolero - plenty of scope for prezzies

Phew !! thats a relief !!
Plenty of gaps in mine too.......:(

(I like Bolero....even now....but don't tell anyone... )

[teamsaint]

But where would we be without the godsend that is the Amazon wish list?

(How have we got from the premiere of Daphnis to Christmas in less than 10 messages?)

sorry, my fault I think ...idly posting while listening to D and C.....

although, actually, it might have been Beefy's fault....he's always going off topic !!

[Beef Oven]

Phew !! thats a relief !!
Plenty of gaps in mine too.......:(

(I like Bolero....even now....but don't tell anyone... )

"I've produced only one masterpiece, Bolero. Alas, it contains no music.” Ravel, after a few Cointreaus

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Tomorrow, June 8, sees the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe.

This, for me, is Ravel's great masterpiece and I shall be playing the recording made by the man who conducted that premiere - Pierre Monteux.

Well spotted, Petrushka! Daphnis et Chloé is an extraordinary score, incredibly orchestrated. I adore Monteux's recording, as I do Ansermet's with his Suisse Romande Orchestra, but as Monteux conducted the premiere, it's his version I'll give a spin tomorrow.

[teamsaint]

"I've produced only one masterpiece, Bolero. Alas, it contains no music.” Ravel, after a few Cointreaus

but handily,it is EXACTLY the right length of time for caramelising onions......

[Beef Oven]

but handily,it is EXACTLY the right length of time for caramelising onions......

Not when Toscanini's conducting it

I hear that Celibidache's performance runs to a second CD

[Beef Oven]

ts I worry about you - you don't get Beatles, Sibelius

He's got a GP appointment next week.

[Beef Oven]

Can't wait until after 12.00....now playing this



P.S. 32 years ago!!! Tempus Frigginfugit!!!!!

[cloughie]

apologies ts got the wrong guy! Cancelled message but hawkeye Beef saw it too soon.

What I was going to say as I think I have before in not so many words:

How did he write Daphnis? Why did he write Bolero?

I have far more recordings of Daphnis than would fit into tomorrow - will have to be LSO Monteux, but I might do CO Maazel as well! and also.......

[Beef Oven]

He's got a GP appointment next week.

Then the appointment must be for something else - I know he's been listening to Steve Howe's solo effort on The Yes Album a lot lately

[Nick Armstrong]

Can't wait until after 12.00....now playing this



P.S. 32 years ago!!! Tempus Frigginfugit!!!!!

That's the one I've just pulled off the shelf

(I have the earlier issue of the same performance too - but seem to remember being impressed with the remastering )

[Beef Oven]

That's the one I've just pulled off the shelf

(I have the earlier issue of the same performance too - but seem to remember being impressed with the remastering )

"......I've just pulled off the shelf"? Is that from 'Carry on Daphne' ?

[Nick Armstrong]

"......I've just pulled off the shelf"? Is that from 'Carry on Daphne' ?

Calm down, Chloë !

[DublinJimbo]

27 minutes into the D&C day but it would be a bit anti-social to play it now. Significance of the date noted, and diaried (?). When day has dawned, it will be either (or perhaps both) Monteux or Dutoit.

What an astonishing score!

[jayne lee wilson]

Yes Munch, yes Monteux, but for an authentically-voiced French version the Cluytens complete stereo version is hard to surpass. Best heard on the Toshiba 1400 series reissue (14088, but I would say that wouldn't I)... Almost forgotten these days after his tragic early death, Eduardo Mata with the Dallas SO is marvellous, first on Navigator, palpable improvements on RCA Sound Dimension 24/96. It may still be out there somewhere...

Did anyone else get the Manuel Rosenthal box on Accord? Very good, very French Daphnis in there too, with the Orchestra of the Paris Opera...

Played and recorded to death really, isn't it? Why not give Earth Dances a spin instead...