The Nutcracker
Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Berliner Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle
The Nutcracker is a ballet score by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, first performed in 1892. The music blends Romantic-era orchestration with vivid instrumental colour and a variety of dance forms, combining lyrical melodies, rhythmic dances and folkloric influences, and is one of Tchaikovsky's principal ballet works composed late in his career.
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Disc 1
- 1.Nutcracker: Miniature Overture3:08
- 2.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 1. The Decoration of the Christmas Tree3:47
- 3.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 2. March2:25
- 4.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 3. Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents2:16
- 5.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 4. Arrival of Drosselmeyer5:27
- 6.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 5. Grandfather's Dance6:14
- 7.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 6. Scene: Clara and the Nutcracker6:18
- 8.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 7. Scene: The Battle3:26
- 9.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 8. Scene: In the Pine Forest3:58
- 10.Nutcracker: Act I, no. 9. Waltz of the Snowflakes6:42
Disc 2
- 2.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 10. Scene: The Kingdom of Sweets3:50
- 3.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 11. Scene: Clara and the Prince4:57
- 4.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: Chocolate: Spanish Dance1:13
- 5.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: Coffee: Arabian Dance3:53
- 6.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: Tea: Chinese Dance1:12
- 7.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: Trepak: Russian Dance1:09
- 8.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: Dance of the Reed Pipes2:29
- 9.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 12. Divertissement: Mother Gigogne2:32
- 10.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 13. Waltz of the Flowers6:55
- 11.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 14. Pas De Deux5:06
- 12.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 14. Pas De Deux: Variation I: Tarantella0:39
- 13.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 14. Pas De Deux: Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy2:24
- 14.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 14. Pas De Deux: Coda1:21
- 15.Nutcracker: Act II, no. 15. Final Waltz and Apotheosis4:51







