Coinciding with the London Symphony Orchestra’s first US Tour with new chief conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, the LSO releases Daphnis et Chloé, one of Ravel’s largest and best loved orchestral masterpieces.

Marking their second recording together for the orchestra’s dedicated label LSO Live, the album captures their performance of Ravel’s ballet last April, for which they were joined by the Grammy-nominated Tenebrae choir. Their interpretation of the work prompted glowing praise. The Times of London hailed the “sumptuous performance,” which was “so vividly and dramatically characterized that the ballet seemed to play out in [the critic’s] mind’s eye.” Similarly, The Guardian found Pappano to be “in his element here, shaping the undulating lines to maximize their grace and sensuousness, with the wordless voices of Tenebrae adding that extra touch of color. … Simply wondrous playing.”