Maurice Ravel
Daphnis & Chloe
Sinfonieorchester Aachen
Kazem Abdullah
Sergio A. Mims writes:
Conductor
Kazem Adbullah has a new recording with him conducting the 1912
complete ballet score for Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe with the Aachen
Symphony Orchestra which he has led since 2012 on the Coviello Classics
label
Daphnis
and Chloe was commissioned in 1910 by Sergey Diaghilev, head of the
Ballets Russes in Paris, one of the most innovative dance companies.
Like Ravel, Diaghilev also strived for new aesthetics, therefore it was
no surprise that Ravel promised to compose the music for Diaghilev‘s
newest ballet. Unfortunately it took a while before the work was seen on
stage because Diaghilev and his choreographer had a fight. The
Sinfonieorchester Aachen under Kazem Abdullah show us that the music can
stand for itself and is indeed one of the masterpieces of Ravel. The
Sinfonieorchester Aachen is the concert and opera orchestra of the
Theater Aachen. It consists of about 70 musicians and performs about 140
concerts annually. The regular symphony concerts take place in the Eurogress Aachen. Kazen Abdullah has led the ensemble since August 2012.
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