The Nutcracker Suite

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Philharmonia Orchestra & Efrem Kurtz

The Nutcracker Suite is an orchestral suite by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1892. Drawn from his ballet score, the suite features a range of colourful orchestral movements that blend dance forms and vivid instrumental colour, and it occupies a prominent position in the late Romantic ballet and orchestral repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker Suite: Overture
    3:13
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker Suite: no. 2 - March / 3 - Children’s Galop and Entry of the Parents / no. 8 - Scene / no. 9 - Waltz of the Snowflakes
    16:16
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker Suite: no. 12 - Divertissement: Chocolate Coffee (Arab Dance)
    4:28
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker Suite: no. 12 - Divertissement: Tea (Chinese Dance) / Trepak / Dance Of The Flutes
    4:32
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker Suite: no. 13 - Waltz of the Flowers
    6:12
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker Suite: no. 14 a. - Pas de Deux
    4:51
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker Suite: no. 14 b. - Variation 1 (Tarantella) / no. 14 c. - Variation 2 (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) / Coda / no. 15 - Final Waltz
    8:29

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