Minnesota Orchestra; The St. Olaf Choir; Sanislaw Skrowaczewski - Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Ma mere l'Oye; Valses nobles et sentimentales

This varied and vivid selection of works shows Ravel as the master of the 'choreographic symphony', words he himself used to describe his masterpiece Daphnis et Chloe, which contains some of his boldest and most resplendent music. His imagination retained a direct link to the poetry of children, as shown in Ma mere l'oye, whilst inValses nobles et sentimentaleshe set out to write a sequence of waltzes following the example of Schubert. These classicVOXrecordings from 1974 by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and the Minnesota Orchestra are critically acclaimed. The Elite Recordings forVOXby legendary producers Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz are considered by audiophiles to be amongst the finest sounding examples of orchestral recordings.