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Re: Ravel - Daphnis et Chlo - Munch/BSO et al

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Subject: Re: Ravel - Daphnis et Chlo - Munch/BSO et al
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by: gggg gggg - Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:15 UTC

On Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 3:29:12 AM UTC-8, td wrote:
> On Nov 20, 4:34 pm, Dontaitchic...@aol.com wrote:
> > On Nov 19, 7:43 pm, "Curtis Croulet" <calypte@_NO_SPAM_verizon.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > Agreed. There will be a new BSO Daphnis SACD coming very soon.
> > > > Levine.
> >
> > > > Kal
> >
> > > I look forward to it. As for Munch -- I don't particularly like the
> > > "loo-loo-loo" syllables of the wordless chorus. Otherwise it's fine.
> > > --
> > > Curtis Croulet
> > > Temecula, California
> > > 33 27'59"N, 117 05'53"W
> >
> > Yes. The "loo-loo-loo" business seems to have been Munch's idea. I
> > remember reading that it was and that he abandoned it later, including
> > for the BSO RCA Victor remake of the complete ballet in early 1961. So
> > "loo-loo-loo" is gone in the later recording, I believe.
> >
> > I also believe that the 1961 later Munch/BSO Daphnis is superior in
> > every way to the now iconically sensational 1955 recording, which
> > isn't as good in any way.
> I agree completely, Don. That said, I would appreciate a really high
> quality CD or SACD transfer of the 1961 version which has always stood
> in the shadow of that earlier reading. The early one is a cult
> audiophile recording, of course. Amazing that RCA got so much so right
> in the early days of stereo.
> I heard Munch conduct Daphnis just before his death - admittedly, just
> the final portion - in Paris with his newly formed Orchestre de Paris.
> This was truly his party piece, if ever he had one. I recall it being
> overwhelmingly beautiful.
> TD

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"Charles Munch: Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 (ONF, 1966)"

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