This varied and vivid selection of works shows Ravel as the master of the ‘choreographic symphony’, words the composer used to describe Daphnis et Chloé. The ballet contains some of his most resplendent music heard here in the two popular suites from 1911 and 1913 respectively. Ravel’s imagination retained a direct link to the poetry of children, as shown in Ma mère l’Oye, while in Valses nobles et sentimentales he set out to write a sequence of waltzes following the example of Schubert. These critically acclaimed Vox recordings from 1974 performed by Stanisław Skrowaczewski and the Minnesota Orchestra are newly remastered in high definition from the original tapes.