This is a great example of French impressionist music. The synesthesia experiences this piece of music evokes in me is that of a sound picture in where waves from the sea are lapping to the shore while I watch a summer sunrise and experiencing the first breezes of the morning across my face.
It occasionally happens that a great work is better known by excerpts. Such has been the fate of Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloeevery since its creation. While occasionally performed as a ballet, itis usually heard in concert, represented by its final three numbers: "Lever du jour" (Daybreak), "Pantomime" and "Dansegenerale ." Ravel himself designated these excerpts as Suite No. 2 after the score's completion in 1912. MORE
