The Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

The Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty is a compilation of ballet scores by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1892 and 1890 respectively. The music is late-Romantic orchestral ballet repertoire characterised by rich harmonies, sweeping melodies and a variety of dance forms, and it represents Tchaikovsky's mature contribution to ballet, forming a central part of the standard repertoire for ballet companies and concert performances.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker: Overture
    3:22
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 1 L'ornement et l'illumination de l'arbre de Noël: Allegro non troppo - Più mosso - Più moderato - Allegro vivace
    3:56
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 2 Marche: Tempo di marcia viva
    2:24
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 3 Petit Galop des enfants et entrée des parents: Presto - Andante - Allegro
    2:41
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 4 Scène dansante: Andantino - Allegro vivo - Andantino sostenuto - Più andante - Allegro molto vivace - Tempo di Valse - Presto
    5:41
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 5 Scène et Danse Gross-Vater: Andante - Andantino - Moderato assai - Andante - Li'stesso tempo - Tempo di Gross-Vater - Allegro vivacissimo
    6:47
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 6 Scène: Allegro semplice - Moderato con moto - Allegro giusto - Più allegro - Moderato assai
    6:57
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 7 Scène: Allegro vivo
    3:19
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 8 Scène: Andante
    3:58
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 9 Valse des flocons de neige: Tempo di Valse, ma con moto - Presto
    6:25
  11. 11.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 10 Scène: Andante
    4:16
  12. 12.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 11 Scène: Andante con moto - Moderato - Allegro agitato - Poco più allegro - Tempo precedente
    4:37
  13. 13.
    The Nutcracker: Act I. No. 12 Divertissement
    12:09

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. No. 13 Valse des fleurs - Tempo di Valse
    6:58
  2. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. No. 14 Pas de deux
    9:12
  3. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act II. No. 15 Valse finale et Apothéose
    5:40
  4. 5.
    The Sleeping Beauty Suite: No. 1 Introduction (La Fée des lilas): Allegro vivo - Andantino - Più mosso - Andante sostenuto
    4:26
  5. 6.
    The Sleeping Beauty Suite: No. 2 Adagio (Pas d'action): Andante - Adagio maestoso - Molto sostenuto, quasi più andante - Tempo I
    5:59
  6. 7.
    The Sleeping Beauty Suite: No. 3 Pas de caractère (Le Chat botté et la chatte blanche): Allegro moderato - Moderato
    1:51
  7. 8.
    The Sleeping Beauty Suite: No. 4 Panorama: Andantino
    3:08
  8. 9.
    The Sleeping Beauty Suite: No. 5 Valse: Allegro (Tempo di Valse)
    4:34

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