Ravel/ Goff/ Seattle Sym & Chorale/ Schwarz - Daphnis & Chloe / Meditation on OrpheusSergey 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

First Lady Margaret (Ashley Judd) and their son Connor (Finley Jacobsen)

but this time they may have finally met their match

Criss Cross records are level playing field

The package has been full remastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering and is also available as a 1CD digipack and digitally

And the soul is in the score

The Second Concerto of Chopin

Intense drumming and hooky synth lay a foundation for emotive vocals with angelic harmonies

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Bargiel attached more importance to the elaboration of the thematic material than to the melodies themselves

a Van Cliburn International Competition finalist and winner of the New York-based Young Concert Artists auditions

in a variety of disguises

Tomkins/ Cambridge Trinity Coll Choir/ Marlow - When David