Title: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Complete (The 1955 Recording)
Artist(s): Charles Munch & The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chorus Master – Robert Shaw
Chorus Master [Associate Director] – Lorna Cooke de Varon
Chorus – New England Conservatory Chorus
Source used for Transfer: 2 - track tape
Recording Info: Recorded by RCA 1955 at Boston Symphony Hall
Engineer – Leslie Chase    Producer – John Pfeiffer

1. Part I:  24:46
Scene 1
Invocation To The Nymphs
Entrance Of Daphnis And Chloé
Dance Of The Young Girls Around Daphnis
Dorcon's Advance To Chloé
Daphnis Reasserts His Love For Chloé. The Dorcon-Daphnis Dance Contest For A Kiss From Chloé3
Dorcon's Grotesque Dance
The Gracious Dance Of Daphnis
The Triumph Of Daphnis And The Ecstatic Union With Chloé
Entrance Of The Temptress Lyceion And Dance Of Veils
The Invasion Of The Pirates And Daphnis's Unsuccessful Efforts To Save Chloé
Invocation To Pan By The Nymphs And The Prayer Of Daphnis
2. Part II : 29:28
Scene 2
Interlude
The Orgiastic Dance Of The Pirates
Bryaxis Orders Chloé To Be Brought Forward And To Dance
Chloé's Dance Of Supplication
Creatures Of Pan Appear And Frighten The Pirates, Who Flee In Terror, Leaving Chloé Alone With A Shining Crown
Scene 3
Sunrise. Daphnis Prostrate At The Grotto Of The Nymphs
Daphnis And Chloé Are Reunited
Lammon Tells How Pan Saved Chloé In Memory Of His Love For The Nymph Syrinx. Daphnis And Chloé Act Out The Story
Pan (Daphnis) Fashions A Flute From Some Reeds, On Which He Declares His Love For Syrinx (Chloé)
Abandoning Their Roles, The Lovers Embrace And Kneel At The Altar Of The Nymphs
Girls Dressed As Bacchantes Enter With Tambourines
Young Men Invade The Scene, And Joyous Tumult Prevails In Tribute To The Triumph Of The Lovers
Total Time: 54:14

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