Ravel // Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2 | Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2
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[plorkx]

I think both the principal violinists nearly got tears in their eyes, swept away by this beautiful piece of music being, so well performed...

[mogmason]

1:22 Never has a Viola section sounded so beautiful!

[gabrielisaacsanchezbravo]

Could we talk about the amazing sound and phrasing of maestro Adam Walker principal flute, amazing❤️🌹✨

[susancerezo]

This has been one of my favourite pieces of music since I saw Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes dancing it so many years ago. And Simon Rattle feels it so passionately. Utterly beautiful....think I would like it played at my funeral. Thank you Ravel for giving it to us all 💗💗💗💗

[dianalee]

It just doesn’t get any better than this. Absolute perfection. Ravel took note for note dictation directly fom God on this one. Thank you, sir, and thank you LSO and Sir Rattle, and bravissimo to the flutist for his beautiful performance of that very formidable solo!

[KayElleKay]

This must be what heaven looks like, endless beautiful sunrises, the tender brush of travellers joy as you walk through a sublime forest of flora and fauna, animals who in this life would be fearful of you, are wandering up to you to be caressed by you - just sublime . And the LSO, best orchestra in the world .

[nottingham_ChrisAllison]

Just amazing ... genius writing for orchestra...

[tjulers]

There’s no highlight in D&C since everypart is just overpowerly amazing, every details are perfect.
Love the performance, bring the tears and ecstasy to me.
“Who need Netflix if we have this”.

[FantomeBelphegor]

C'est tout simplement superbe.
Intense, magique et emporte l'âme vers l'infini.

[dianasolari]

BRILLANTE..UN PLACER ESCUCHAR UNA MARAVILLOSA ORQUESTA Y UN EXCELENTE DIRECTOR

[anthonyaveray]

Masterful. Shows what a big boy Ravel was ❤

[SleepDisorderedBreathing]

My guy made a mistake at 2:58 lol, my man wasn't counting LOL

[odedfried-gaon]

Magnificent, and wonderfully engaging to see this up and close, not just hear.
#OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic #Audioded

[clintgolub]

So I’m like 95% positive Les Baxter copied the intro to his 1959 exotica track ‘Amazon Falls’ from this Suite 2 opening “Lever du jour”. They are VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL in the intros.

I would totally argue this isn’t chance as ‘Daphnis et Chloé’ is now widely regarded as some of the best “Impressionistic” music from the turn of the century. Almost 50 years later when Les Baxter, Denny Martin, and Percy Faith were creating “Exotica” as we now call it (they called it “mood music”) with those lush tropical stringed arrangements utilizing bongos, various percussion, maracas etc. I really do believe they were using these European Impression influences for their inspiration.
Of course exotica has a much more pacific-islander feel probably meant to evoke memories of the South Pacific for the American G.I.’s who were drinking in all those mid-century lounges after WWII back then, along with modern Jazz that came out of the Big Band era, but the differences between these styles of music bear an incredible amount of similarities.

[donnykaraoke]

i'm not religious, but this would surely be the music used entering the pearly gates

[偏執者]

Bad Yellow Monkey Es Klarinettenspieler, nicht ein Buffet Steigeisen, aber ein Kimi Chinese ein passt.

[RD-fmwk]

Beautiful composition and conduction but adverts every 2mins make it unwatchable

[PETRIK_Lajos]

Why does not anyone look at the conductor?