Nutcracker / Swan Lake
Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & London Festival Orchestra & Alberto Lizzio
The Nutcracker and Swan Lake are ballet suites by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1892 and 1876–1877 respectively. They employ late Romantic orchestration with sweeping melodies, rich harmonic colour, varied orchestral textures and prominent string and woodwind writing, and they came in the middle to later part of Tchaikovsky's career when he focused on ballet composition for the theatre.
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- 1.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: I. Ouverture miniature. Allegro giusto3:17
- 2.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: a) Marche. Tempo di marcia viva2:47
- 3.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: b) Danse de la Fée-Dragée. Andante ma non troppo2:09
- 4.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: c) Danse russe. Trépak. Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace1:15
- 5.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: d) Danse arabe. Allegretto3:39
- 6.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: e) Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato1:25
- 7.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: f) Danse des mirlitons. Moderato assai2:39
- 8.The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse7:09
- 9.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: I. Scène3:14
- 10.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: II. Valse7:43
- 11.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: III. Danse des cygnes1:39
- 12.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: IV. Scène8:01
- 13.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: V. Czardas: Danse hongroise2:52
- 14.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: VI. Danse espagnole2:25
- 15.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: VII. Danse napolitaine2:07
- 16.The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a: VIII. Mazurka3:47







