Nutcracker (Highlights)

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu & Ondrej Lenárd

Nutcracker (Highlights) is a highlights album of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, originally composed and premiered in 1892. The collection condenses the ballet into orchestral excerpts that emphasise its Romantic-era orchestration, vivid orchestral colours and variety of dance forms, reflecting the work's established place in the ballet repertoire and concert performance tradition.
First released: 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Nutcracker: Act I. Overture
    2:50
  2. 2.
    Nutcracker: Act I. Scène: Decorating the Christmas Tree
    4:05
  3. 3.
    Nutcracker: Act I. March
    2:29
  4. 4.
    Nutcracker: Act I. Scène: Galop for the Children
    2:23
  5. 5.
    Nutcracker: Act I. Scène dansante
    5:51
  6. 6.
    Nutcracker: Act I. Scène & Grandfather's Dance
    6:13
  7. 7.
    Nutcracker: Act I. Scène
    7:04
  8. 8.
    Nutcracker: Act I. Waltz of the Snowflakes
    6:40
  9. 9.
    Nutcracker: Act II. Divertissements (a. Spanish Dance, b. Arabian Dance, c. Chinese Dance, d. Russian Dance, e. Dance of the Toy Trumpets, f. Mother Gigogne & The Polichinelles)
    11:31
  10. 10.
    Nutcracker: Act II. Waltz of the Flowers
    6:50
  11. 11.
    Nutcracker: Act II. Pas de deux: The Sugar-Plum Fairy & Prince Orgead (a. Danseur - Tarantella, b. Danseuse - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
    9:23
  12. 12.
    Nutcracker: Act II. Closing Waltz & Apotheosis
    5:23

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