Masterpiece of lush and brilliant orchestration is a work of considerable emotional depth in which the initial series of elegant waltzes are transformed into what Ravel describes as "a fantastic, fatal whirling" leading to a powerful, turbulent climax. Reproduced from authoritative Durand edition. Instrumentation. Glossary of French Terms.
Daphnis and Chloe in Full Score by Maurice Ravel Definitive full-score edition — unavailable elsewhere — of great orchestral masterpiece. Ravel's rich musical setting of a Greek fable by Longus is reprinted here from the original French edition.