ravel at his best

Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé'" a choreographic symphony, is widely considered to be one of the composer's masterpieces and a pinnacle of twentieth century orchestral music. Premiered in 1912, it had received an unenthusiastic reception but has gone on to be regarded as a masterpiece in orchestration and is now considered to be his magnum opus. This video gives a brief analysis of how Ravel constructed the first movement of Part III, 'Lever du jour'.

2:30 - 3:10 is just simply some of the best music ever written

#20thcenturymusic #orchestralmusic #ravel

[TenorCantusFirmus]

"Daphins et Chloé" is an absolute masterpiece.

[BsktImp]

You can hear 'all' the Hollywood film scores to come wrapped up incipient in this masterpiece.

[Praetoriusify]

Aaron Copland says somewhere that if music were judged only on the sheer beauty and texture of sound (leaving out rhythm and structure and development), Ravel would be the greatest of all composers.

[RedstoneManiac]

Ravel was an alien, goddamn his music is amazing

[Scriabin_fan]

I’ll never forget hearing this live for the first time.

[lc]

I heard this for the first time when I was seven years old in our little trailer home in Granville, Illinois. My mom had a CD set of classical music excerpts that were featured in various movies, and this was one of them. I began to play it over and over on my little boombox. It shocked me with its beauty and the way it seemed to open up a whole other world. At some point I asked for the entire ballet score at Barnes and Noble as a birthday present and never looked back—a lifelong love of orchestral music was born.

[christianvennemann]

Ravel had such a prodigiously gorgeous imagination 😍😍

[Ph_Blais]

The moment you hear it for the first time, you regret not having heard it before

[noraazemog]

This truly is Ravel at his best. The orchestration is absolutely immaculate and colorful. A nightmare for woodwinds must I say. By far one of my favorite pieces by Ravel. Which recording or orchestra is this? It is so good and clean, I'd really like to know! Loved the analysis and commentary too!

[ericleiter]

Some of the most moving music ever composed!!! That moment just after the wordless choir comes in and they all build on that Am13 and you think we are going to get that D major payoff then NO!=E#ø7/A instead...what a half diminished trip...but then a minute and a half later, we finally get that reward...and it SO satisfying!!! Thanks for your real time analysis, your passion and enthusiasm for this music is completely palpable!

[TheHansen]

I've never heard this piece before and it really blew my mind... 3:27 sounds very similar to La Valse!

[AtticusLaineBlos]

This has long been my favorite piece of Ravel’s. I wish I could hear it again for the first time.

[valerieheinderyckx]

C'est pour moi l'un des plus hauts sommets d'accomplissement. Merci infiniment pour le partage. ❤

[Benheartsart]

So thankful that this channel exposes me to awesome pieces like this!!

[bartremmelzwaal]

Incredible. Lovely to see the whole score! Great job, keep em coming

[ove---ka]

YES YES YES I FEEL IN LOVE WITH RAVEL FOR MY LIFE AFTER THAT

[norrisleung]

I really love this piece. It is the best of Ravel❤

[cervantismo]

Clean and insightful edits. Thanks for sharing this with us 🥰

[florencelingaynemusic]

I always thought the line at 4:00 sounded like a la valse quote

[Bampaloudu]

Hey. What is the recording please ? I've searched the one from Charles Dutoit but it doesn't seem to be the same one.