The Nutcracker

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Fritz Reiner

The Nutcracker is a ballet in two acts by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, premiered in 1892. Written in the late Romantic style, the score features rich orchestration, recurring melodic motifs and a variety of dance forms that evoke its fairy-tale narrative, and it completed Tchaikovsky's trilogy of full-length ballets following Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, occupying a central position in the 19th-century Russian ballet repertoire.
First released: 2016

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Overture
    3:07
  2. 2.
    Christmas Tree Scene
    4:15
  3. 3.
    March
    2:06
  4. 4.
    Chocolate: Spanish Dance
    1:12
  5. 5.
    Coffee: Arabian Dance
    3:10
  6. 6.
    Tea: Chinese Dance
    1:01
  7. 7.
    Trepak
    1:01
  8. 8.
    Dance Of The Flutes
    2:04
  9. 9.
    Mother Gigigne And The Clowns
    2:42
  10. 10.
    Waltz Of The Flowers
    6:29
  11. 11.
    Pas De Deux
    4:16
  12. 12.
    Variation I - Tarantella
    0:39
  13. 13.
    Variation II: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
    2:03
  14. 14.
    Coda
    1:16
  15. 15.
    Final Waltz
    3:31
  16. 16.
    Apotheosis
    1:23

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