Commissioned by Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes, Ravel's orchestral masterpiece offers a rich musical setting of a Greek fable by Longus. This 20th-century classic displays the composer's genius for transmuting a traditional musical idiom into a fresh and stirring language of his own.
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Commissioned by Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes, Ravel's orchestral masterpiece offers a rich musical setting of a Greek fable by Longus. This 20th-century classic displays the composer's genius for transmuting a traditional musical idiom into a fresh and stirring language of his own.
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