Nutcracker

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Ambrosian Singers & André Previn

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, first performed in 1892. The score employs lush Romantic-era orchestration, distinctive melodic material and a variety of dance forms, and an orchestral suite derived from the ballet is frequently performed in concert, placing the work among Tchaikovsky's late ballet output.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture
    3:29
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 1: The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
    4:07
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 2: March
    2:24
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 3: Children’s Galop and Entry of the Parents
    2:33
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 4: Arrival of Drosselmayer
    5:46
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 5: Grandfather Dance
    5:54
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 6: Scena (Clara and the Nutcracker)
    6:49
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 7: Scena (Battle)
    3:34
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 8: Scena (In the pine-forest)
    4:23
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act 1: No. 9: Waltz of the Snowflakes
    6:30

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 10: Scena – The Kingdom of Sweets
    4:21
  2. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 11: Scena (Clara and the Prince)
    4:29
  3. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 12: Divertissement: (a) Chocolate (Spanish dance)
    1:11
  4. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 12: Divertissement: (b) Coffee (Arab dance)
    3:28
  5. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 12: Divertissement: (c) Tea (Chinese dance)
    1:10
  6. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 12: Divertissement: (d) Trepak (Russian dance)
    1:09
  7. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 12: Divertissement: (e) Flutes
    2:21
  8. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 12: Divertissement: (f) Mother Gigogne
    2:47
  9. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 13: Waltz of the Flowers
    6:51
  10. 11.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 14: Pas de deux
    5:16
  11. 12.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 14: Pas de deux: (a) Variation I – Tarantella
    0:44
  12. 13.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 14: Pas de deux: (b) Variation II – Sugar Plum Fairy and coda
    2:17
  13. 14.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 14: Pas de deux (coda)
    1:21
  14. 15.
    The Nutcracker: Act 2: No. 15: Final Waltz and Apotheosis
    4:39

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