The Nutcracker: Complete Ballet Music

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Werner Andreas Albert

The Nutcracker: Complete Ballet Music is the complete ballet score by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1892. The music blends Romantic-era orchestration with dance forms and memorable melodies, exemplifying Tchaikovsky's late-period style and making the work a staple of the ballet repertory and seasonal performance tradition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. Miniature Overture
    3:13
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. Decoration and Lighting of the Christmas Tree
    4:10
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. March
    2:26
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents
    2:23
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. Arrival of Drosselmyer and the Children's Presents
    5:39
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. The Nutcracker and Grandfather Dance
    5:48
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. Departure of the Guests and the Children's Bedtime
    6:36
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene I. The Magic Spell Begins
    3:55
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene II. Journey of Clara and Prince Charming Through the Snow
    3:33
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene II. Walz of the Snowflakes
    5:58

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. The Enchanted Palace
    3:54
  2. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Arrival of Clara and Prince Charming, and Festive Welcome
    4:35
  3. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Chocolate (Spanish dance)
    1:13
  4. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Coffee (Arab dance)
    3:29
  5. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Tea (Chinese dance)
    1:00
  6. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Trepak (Russian dance)
    1:06
  7. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Dance of the Mirlitons (Flutes)
    2:18
  8. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
    2:56
  9. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Waltz of the Flowers
    6:36
  10. 11.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Adagio
    4:55
  11. 12.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Variation I (Tarantella of Prince Charming)
    0:41
  12. 13.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Variation II (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
    2:00
  13. 14.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Coda
    1:25
  14. 15.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. Final Waltz and Apotheosis
    4:52

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