Highly Recommended

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Suites Nos. 1 & 2)

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: RCA Victrola LP

Key track: Suite No. 2: Lever du jour

Highly Recommended

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus

Best pressing: Original "Shaded Dog" pressing

Key track: Daybreak (Lever du jour)

Debussy: Nocturnes / Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye

Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Best pressing: Clean original Decca pressing

Key track: Nocturnes: II. Fêtes

Highly RecommendedHidden Gem

Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme / Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: RCA Victrola LP

★ Reference

Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets

Juilliard String Quartet

Best pressing: Original "Shaded Dog" pressing

Key track: Debussy: String Quartet: II. Assez vif et bien rythmé

Highly Recommended

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G / Dello Joio: Fantasy and Variations

Lorin Hollander, Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Original RCA pressing

Highly Recommended

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G / d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air

Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best pressing: Original "Shaded Dog" pressing

Key track: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G: II. Adagio assai

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Best pressing: Clean original Decca pressing

Key track: Daybreak (Lever du jour)

Highly Recommended

Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets

Quartetto Italiano

Best pressing: Original Philips pressing

Key track: Ravel: String Quartet in F: II. Assez vif, très rythmé