The whole impressionistic and post-romantic era had such a deep knowledge of orchestral sonority and harmony. It is amazing to hear. We really know what we're in for when we hear that gorgeous quintal harmony in the beginning. The daybreak segment, easily the most well-known, still moves me... it is so filled with great joy of the Earth. The orchestral suites are already masterpieces, but the original with the chorus is a completely flawless work of art, a finely crafted tapestry of glorious color and timbre, huge forces of ecstasy. The woodwinds, crystalline, finely written, sprinkling the score with dew... the strings, a living, breathing organism that never leaves divisi. There are several noted moments that one doesn’t hear in the suites, one being the lovely and harmonically rich supplication dance 36:02.
I've loved Classical Music since my maternal Grandfather introduced me to William Tell Overture back in 1950. Of course, I recognized "Grandpa! THAT'S the Lone Ranger" (the fanfare). I'm now (at 78 y.o.) taking lessons on Bass Clarinet so that I might, before I die, join a symphony orchestra. Now, if I could only play that Suite #2 of Daphnis et Chloé!! Some ambition, eh?
Ole, your love for life and zeal for learning is very inspiring. You are the architect of your life so keep dreaming, knowing that you are not just a human being, you are a human becoming. I wish you the very best.
Sir, careful what you ask for. Certain 20th-century bass clarinet parts are DEADLY. A classic example is the second movement of Hindemith's Symphonic Metamophosis. (Or Metamorphoses... some people insist it was a set rather a big mash-up, and inconveniently, the singular and plural in the original German are identical.)
I also appreciate how the woodwinds are playing an impressionist composer's portrayal of water which is technically challenging but not just ridiculous, AND it sounds fab. Usually impressions of water fail to unite all three of those characteristics (in my opinion at least)
Those ambient lights are really a nice touch for this masterpiece. Bravo to the conductor! Bravo to the orchestra! Bravo to the choir! Bravo to the Lights Director! BRAVO!
This is probubly one of the most iconicly Beautiful pieces of music ever writen by a clasical composer. You almost never get tired of listening to it!! Especially at the Intro of the last movement where the flutes, claranets, and other instruments just take you to heaven introducing that final movement!!
Those colored lights are a wonderful addition. Last five minutes Ravel at his very best. Piece has to be a part of Western Civilization's contribution to the world and to a young person's education, no less. Magnificent players and singers.
Every note of this performance is heartfelt and magical due to the magnificent conductor who shapes every phrase and does it with almost no fanfare, just a quiet conducting control. This should be on dvd and, pardon me for day-dreaming, a performance with a dance company. This is the best I have heard and I heard Pierre Monteux conduct it with the San Francisco Symphony in the 40's as a teenager. I love his concept of slow, rising control, and quiet drama and when he reaches the climax: the climax goes over big. Too many conductors go for continual speed and loudness and it misses the mark because it is a long work and it only holds up with variety and drama. It is such an overpowering work that it needs careful handling or the audience becomes numb. It is in the quietness that imagination comes alive. Bravo to the orchestra, but most of all the conductor!
A fantastic performance, absolutely! Ravel's music is from heaven, this is huge! Thanks a lot making this precious moment available for me and millions of people around this planet:-)
Oh my God, how the chorus makes this masterpiece so heart-felt. It is the angelic choir that injects human emotion into the brilliance of the orchestration. It comments, it gives a heavenly quality to the orchestral tapestry. When the chorus comes in, it injects humanity to the majesty of the score and makes you realize that this is a story being told and it is about two human lovers. Ravel, you opened heaven itself when you wrote this divine score!!!!
I have never heard it being performed at such a slow tempo but it makes totally sense -- the beginning has an almost hypnotic sound to it. Masterpiece!
Usually relief that you made it all the way through in a clean and concise manner😂I play bassoon in an orchestra and playing something like this gives you a big sense of pride when you finish
Thank you for presenting the master orchestrator's full ballet.The inclusion of the choir lends textural weight to the entire piece and is integral to its majesty. The woodwind soloists soared and David Robertson was rock steady. So beautiful!!
Stunning musical experience! A glorious masterpiece of a magistral composer... on a marvelous performance... with a superb orchestra and a fantastic chorus... in the hands of a stupendous conductor! BRAAAVOOO...
The a cappella chorus @ 27:58, its placement in the score and its then dovetailed 'reintroduction' of instruments is a brilliant stroke, and imho gorgeous.
8:04 This is one of the only recordings where I can hear the first violins in this spot without having to listen really hard. Bravo to the conductor for balancing the orchestra well.
Hoch kultivierte Leistung dieses farbenreichen Meisterwerks mit milden Töne aller Bläser und seidigen Töne aller Streicher. Die zurückgehaltenen Stimmen des Chors sind auch bemerkenswert. Der Ton der Querflöte am Anfang klingt besonders bezaubernd. Einfach wunderschön!
Ik weet niet niet wie er verantwoordelijk is voor de geluidsregistratie bij AvroTros Klassiek maar wat mij betreft verdient zij/hij een Jos Budie media diamant. Altijd perfect.
Nog een leuk weetje, +Home of Creation, bij 43:19 min begint het nummer, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2. Dat nummer is ook gebruikt voor de sketch Volkstuinbelasting van, Van Kooten en De Bie.
The second suite here is incomparable, completely, to Rattle's version- its like ordering a chocolate brownie and getting a chocolate cake (without icing obviously).
A "desert island" piece of mine, and the second bit of classical music I ever heard, when I was a mere tot of 14. This performance captures the moods and colors of this piece so well! The choir is stunning! (But the sound engineer miked the audience instead of the orchestra!)
Rarely performed by a ballet company… the London ROYAL BALLET @ Covent Garden - had the ballet in performances - including in the 1955 American Touring schedule - NYC - SAN FRISCO OPERA House… full pit-chorus & orchestra
A brilliant performance, ruined by some fucker coughing in the audience. One of those "I don't actually have a cough but I'm here!" ones. Really extremely distressful for musicians and fellow concertgoers. As a former professional orchestra player, these sorts of disturbances can really derail your train of thought.
So why is Ravel sometimes treated among academic musicians as not really that great composer? Can someone tell me, please? This piece sounds quite unique
MaximZ ahahah I was maybe a little bit nervous bout the academic musicians, I was joking and obviously no intent to offend them, however ravel remains one of the greatest and most interesting composer of all time I think 😄
AK ... hey, I'm still subscribed and 'all alerts' but haven't heard from you in a very long time ... if it happens to me, perhaps others are missing you also? Said to help, I'm not moaning :-)
I don't suppose you could pass on my interest to the lady soloist around the 50:20 mark ... if she's single and open to polite offers ;-) Oh, yes, the whole performance was amazing too :-)
I have to say I think the lighting "effects" are ridiculous and very distracting, an example of pandering to the "new" and "different", and not letting this masterpiece speak for itself.
What's up with that total cornball lights and fog machine show? Otherwise, a mighty fine performance, but rendered unwatchable. Hey, its youtube, I just minimized the screen and listened.
The whole impressionistic and post-romantic era had such a deep knowledge of orchestral sonority and harmony. It is amazing to hear. We really know what we're in for when we hear that gorgeous quintal harmony in the beginning. The daybreak segment, easily the most well-known, still moves me... it is so filled with great joy of the Earth.
The orchestral suites are already masterpieces, but the original with the chorus is a completely flawless work of art, a finely crafted tapestry of glorious color and timbre, huge forces of ecstasy. The woodwinds, crystalline, finely written, sprinkling the score with dew... the strings, a living, breathing organism that never leaves divisi. There are several noted moments that one doesn’t hear in the suites, one being the lovely and harmonically rich supplication dance 36:02.
That's why impressionism is my favorite period of music history. Also the piano works of the impressionist movement are just spectacular.
I've loved Classical Music since my maternal Grandfather introduced me to William Tell Overture back in 1950. Of course, I recognized "Grandpa! THAT'S the Lone Ranger" (the fanfare). I'm now (at 78 y.o.) taking lessons on Bass Clarinet so that I might, before I die, join a symphony orchestra. Now, if I could only play that Suite #2 of Daphnis et Chloé!! Some ambition, eh?
Ole, your love for life and zeal for learning is very inspiring. You are the architect of your life so keep dreaming, knowing that you are not just a human being, you are a human becoming. I wish you the very best.
Sir, careful what you ask for. Certain 20th-century bass clarinet parts are DEADLY. A classic example is the second movement of Hindemith's Symphonic Metamophosis. (Or Metamorphoses... some people insist it was a set rather a big mash-up, and inconveniently, the singular and plural in the original German are identical.)
this brought tears to my eyes I am 1 year younger and will love having the memory of reading this post from you
One of the pieces in the whole classical music repertoire that has made me cry (especially "Lever du jour", starting in 42:16)
The climax in Lever du Jour is one of the best moments in musical history
We used this piece as one of our studies in my music class. I ended up crying in this section too, and now I listen to that part frequently
I wanna know how Ravel arranged it.
I also appreciate how the woodwinds are playing an impressionist composer's portrayal of water which is technically challenging but not just ridiculous, AND it sounds fab. Usually impressions of water fail to unite all three of those characteristics (in my opinion at least)
42:16 is the start of the second suite and 43:42 is the iconic viola soli we all know and love :)
How can it sound so beautiful?!😍
Those ambient lights are really a nice touch for this masterpiece. Bravo to the conductor! Bravo to the orchestra! Bravo to the choir! Bravo to the Lights Director! BRAVO!
I like the idea. However if the only way to achieve a ray effect is to have haze blown into the room, I would have abstained.
This is probubly one of the most iconicly Beautiful pieces of music ever writen by a clasical composer. You almost never get tired of listening to it!! Especially at the Intro of the last movement where the flutes, claranets, and other instruments just take you to heaven introducing that final movement!!
probably one of the best Daphnis et Chloé performances on the internet
Those colored lights are a wonderful addition. Last five minutes Ravel at his very best. Piece has to be a part of Western Civilization's contribution to the world and to a young person's education, no less. Magnificent players and singers.
Every note of this performance is heartfelt and magical due to the magnificent conductor who shapes every phrase and does it with almost no fanfare, just a quiet conducting control.
This should be on dvd and, pardon me for day-dreaming, a performance with a dance company.
This is the best I have heard and I heard Pierre Monteux conduct it with the San Francisco Symphony in the 40's as a teenager.
I love his concept of slow, rising control, and quiet drama and when he reaches the climax: the climax goes over big.
Too many conductors go for continual speed and loudness and it misses the mark because it is a long work and it only holds up with variety and drama.
It is such an overpowering work that it needs careful handling or the audience becomes numb.
It is in the quietness that imagination comes alive. Bravo to the orchestra, but most of all the conductor!
This really is a wonderful performance.
"...shapes every phrase and does it with almost no fanfare, just a quiet conducting control." I couldn't have said it any better!
yes yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
A fantastic performance, absolutely! Ravel's music is from heaven, this is huge! Thanks a lot making this precious moment available for me and millions of people around this planet:-)
42:16-48:12 Ravel’s miracle of miracles.
Oh my God, how the chorus makes this masterpiece so heart-felt. It is the angelic choir that injects human emotion into the brilliance of the orchestration.
It comments, it gives a heavenly quality to the orchestral tapestry.
When the chorus comes in, it injects humanity to the majesty of the score and makes you realize that this is a story being told and it is about two human lovers.
Ravel, you opened heaven itself when you wrote this divine score!!!!
I've lost count on how many times I've listened and watched this...wonderful each time. Mahalo from Hawai'i.
This music is beyond words. It's unbelievable, almost supernatural that it has been written by a single man.
Absolutely brilliant! Great orchestra, choir and conductor. I have listened to this orchestra many times and they are spot on!
I've always admired David Robertson. He's a great musician and delivers clear, imaginative and beautiful performances. This one is one of his best.
Hands down the most beautiful, colorful, heartwarming piece ever composed…
I think Dutoit's version is the best
I have never heard it being performed at such a slow tempo but it makes totally sense -- the beginning has an almost hypnotic sound to it. Masterpiece!
I would LOVE to know what the orchestra feels after the last note is played. Joy? Sense of accomplishment? Relief? I'm in awe.
@@laly_shams
I’m curious why did you choose clarinet opposed to Piano/Violin the popular (rightfully so) choices?
Usually relief that you made it all the way through in a clean and concise manner😂I play bassoon in an orchestra and playing something like this gives you a big sense of pride when you finish
What colours, what beauty. Its pefect.
I'm very happy to know that something like this exists.
This is beyond beauty
Thank you for presenting the master orchestrator's full ballet.The inclusion of the choir lends textural weight to the entire piece and is integral to its majesty. The woodwind soloists soared and David Robertson was rock steady. So beautiful!!
Stunning musical experience! A glorious masterpiece of a magistral composer... on a marvelous performance... with a superb orchestra and a fantastic chorus... in the hands of a stupendous conductor! BRAAAVOOO...
Beautiful flute solo. Bravo.
The a cappella chorus @ 27:58, its placement in the score and its then dovetailed 'reintroduction' of instruments is a brilliant stroke, and imho gorgeous.
8:04 This is one of the only recordings where I can hear the first violins in this spot without having to listen really hard. Bravo to the conductor for balancing the orchestra well.
Wow very beautiful flute playing in there!!!
And great orchestra too...
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hoch kultivierte Leistung dieses farbenreichen Meisterwerks mit milden Töne aller Bläser und seidigen Töne aller Streicher. Die zurückgehaltenen Stimmen des Chors sind auch bemerkenswert. Der Ton der Querflöte am Anfang klingt besonders bezaubernd. Einfach wunderschön!
The flautist did indeed work hard and play well.
Stimmt! Die Zauberflöte!
This performance is a marvel!
Such incredible piece and what an excellent performance!
Magical performance
Wonderful performance!
Dear Avro. This is simply magical! Thank you! You are the best.
Bravo!!!!!!!!!
Extraordinaria Bravo
super beautiful
Splendid. Just splendid. Thank you AVROTROS Klassiek.
-- Rien de tel que Ravel pour fêter la musique. --
Et pour planer
YES ! !
Cette musique me transporte vers un monde onirique que mélange la réalité avec fantaisie.
Ik weet niet niet wie er verantwoordelijk is voor de geluidsregistratie bij AvroTros Klassiek maar wat mij betreft verdient zij/hij een Jos Budie media diamant. Altijd perfect.
Nog een leuk weetje, +Home of Creation, bij 43:19 min begint het nummer, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2. Dat nummer is ook gebruikt voor de sketch Volkstuinbelasting van, Van Kooten en De Bie.
The second suite here is incomparable, completely, to Rattle's version- its like ordering a chocolate brownie and getting a chocolate cake (without icing obviously).
Magnifique ! un bonheur !
Fascinating capture during orchestra and chorus choir performance … camera editing …
Grandissimo bravissimo compositore francese
beautiful!
I hate it when the audience coughs at the beginning
But beside that nitpick, I like this performance
Magic ♡
Une heure de pur bonheur
A difficult piece to balance the different textures. Excellent orchestra and conductor.
A "desert island" piece of mine, and the second bit of classical music I ever heard, when I was a mere tot of 14. This performance captures the moods and colors of this piece so well! The choir is stunning! (But the sound engineer miked the audience instead of the orchestra!)
The lights are used as for
" Holiday on Ice ".....
Wonderful music and such artits are self sufficient, i guess.
sensualidad de la atmosfera raveliana
Magic
Magnifique !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mágico, exquisito y sublme❤
Rarely performed by a ballet company… the London ROYAL BALLET @ Covent Garden - had the ballet in performances - including in the 1955 American Touring schedule - NYC - SAN FRISCO OPERA House… full pit-chorus & orchestra
Sounds like the Emergency Room at the beginning...
indeed
Terrible. They should have started over.😷
Come back to the Sydney symphony Maestro Robertson!
At 45.15', it is paradise...
Second suite begins at 42:16!
Oh my bad. Thank you!
Vexalord Yes of course, but the Second Suite is all the last part of Daphnis et Chloé
Extra work
A brilliant performance, ruined by some fucker coughing in the audience. One of those "I don't actually have a cough but I'm here!" ones. Really extremely distressful for musicians and fellow concertgoers. As a former professional orchestra player, these sorts of disturbances can really derail your train of thought.
So why is Ravel sometimes treated among academic musicians as not really that great composer? Can someone tell me, please? This piece sounds quite unique
Ravel is the fuckin best
Academic musicians can sit and listen to what this man wrote and shut the f up, because this is pure genius in my opinion
If you liked daphnis I would suggest you Introduction et allegro just to name one
@@samuelechiarelli9594 Thank you! I’ll definitely give it a listen
MaximZ ahahah I was maybe a little bit nervous bout the academic musicians, I was joking and obviously no intent to offend them, however ravel remains one of the greatest and most interesting composer of all time I think 😄
Watch - ending - for flower bouquet finale’s …!!!
The two dozen people who voted this thumbs down are tone deaf.
Notice the bassoons and the trumpets from this ensemble look very similar to those of Le Sacre Du Printemps
Hmmm, "look like"? Thank God they don't sound like them.
@@oleflogger6828 how dare you insult such a masterpiece 😂
RAVEL - Commissioned - for Ballet Russe du Monte Carlo -
Shame it's so hard to find a live performance that actually includes the ballet.
or that fails to include sneezers and coughers...
Part 1 00:00.
Part 2. 31:02
Part 1. 42:15
Great! I feel the prayer for a good harvest and reproduction of the ancient people.
AK ... hey, I'm still subscribed and 'all alerts' but haven't heard from you in a very long time ... if it happens to me, perhaps others are missing you also?
Said to help, I'm not moaning :-)
Flute solo, minute 50:11. :)
Thank you
1:00:02 - When you didn't mean to make that edit. LOL
Lever Du Jour makes me think of when Lucifer the morningstar was created in heaven
Amusing- Ravel using a theatrical wind-machine muslin sound prop in orchestration ballet score…
At 0:26: Robertson should have started over. No excuse for that outrageous noise, probably from backstage. I prefer studio recordings.
こんなに長かったんだこの曲
I don't suppose you could pass on my interest to the lady soloist around the 50:20 mark ... if she's single and open to polite offers ;-)
Oh, yes, the whole performance was amazing too :-)
Get in line.
@@oleflogger6828 ROFL ... as I was here first :-) :-) :-)
Все очень "чинно--благородно",но очень профессионально! --Слушайте и смотрите Шарля Мюнша во главе Нью--йоркского орк.
they take it slow in a lot of parts, but this is a very decent performance
42:16
Overtone series at 16:47
三島由紀夫は「ダフニスとクロエ」の舞台を日本に置き換えて「潮騒」を作った
15:30
6:00
im hungry
Who is the first flutist?
Her name is Ingrid Geerlings. Her solo debut album will be released in last November on Basta Music.
Thank you very much for the information, I'll keep an eye out for that album
0:30
54:33
@32:41 whats happends with the flutist on the right? hahahaha
i noticed that too, likely woodwind player tendonitis...
Off topic, what is the proper name for the BIG flute on the left side of the piccolo?
@@cmw9876 alto flute
*cough *cough *cough.... so many coughs within the initial 2 mins...
Audiences should have their hands tied and their mouths duct taped before being allowed into the auditorium.
Or, you could just listen to a studio recording. Problem solved.
@@ann-mariemeyers9978 I think he's referring to other audience members in the hall mostly.
Khalid morooco
I have to say I think the lighting "effects" are ridiculous and very distracting, an example of pandering to the "new" and "different", and not letting this masterpiece speak for itself.
ok
What's up with that total cornball lights and fog machine show?
Otherwise, a mighty fine performance, but rendered unwatchable. Hey, its youtube, I just minimized the screen and listened.
28:00