The Nutcracker, Op. 71

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery

The Nutcracker, Op. 71 is a ballet in two acts by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, first performed in 1892. The score exemplifies late-Romantic orchestration with colourful, dance-based movements and evocative instrumental writing that blends varied rhythms and timbres, and it is Tchaikovsky's third full-length ballet, composed after his earlier ballets and influential in shaping ballet music at the end of the 19th century.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Overture
    3:04
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 1: The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
    3:53
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 2: March
    2:23
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 3: Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents
    2:28
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 4: Arrival of Drosselmeyer
    5:53
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 5: Grandfather Dance
    6:17
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 6: Departure of the Guests: Night
    6:32
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 7: The Battle
    3:29
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 9: The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter
    3:53
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 1 No. 10: Waltz of the Snowflakes
    6:05

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 10: Confiturembourg (The Kingdom Of Sweets)
    3:41
  2. 3.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 11: Entry Of Clara And The Nutcracker
    4:43
  3. 4.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement A: Chocolate
    1:12
  4. 5.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement B: Coffee (Arab Dance)
    3:35
  5. 6.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement C: Tea (Chinese Dance)
    0:59
  6. 7.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement D: Gigue (English Dance)
    0:42
  7. 8.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement E: Trepak
    1:09
  8. 9.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement F: Flutes
    2:34
  9. 10.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 12: Divertissement G: Mother Gigogne
    2:36
  10. 11.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 13: Waltz Of The Flowers
    7:27
  11. 12.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 14: A: Pas De Deux
    5:31
  12. 13.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 14: B: Variation 1: Tarantella
    0:43
  13. 14.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 14: C: Variation 2: Sugar-Plum Fairy And Coda
    3:45
  14. 15.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Act 2 No. 15: Final Waltz And Apotheosis
    4:49

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