Щелкунчик (The Nutcracker)

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Симфонический оркестр Большого театра & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

Щелкунчик (The Nutcracker) is a ballet in two acts by Russian composer Пётр Ильич Чайковский, premiered in 1892. The score employs Romantic orchestration, dance rhythms and distinctive instrumental colourings, and it represents a key work in Tchaikovsky's mature ballet output that has influenced the development and staging of ballet repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Overture
    3:24
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene I. The decoration of the Christmas tree
    3:46
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene I. March
    2:26
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene I. Children's Gallop and entrance of the parents
    2:31
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene I. Drosselmeyer's arrival
    5:44
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene I. Scene and grandfather-dance
    6:53
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene I. Depart of the guests. Night: The magic spell begins
    6:34
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene I. The battle
    3:19
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene II. In the pine forest
    3:23
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I, Scene II. Waltz of the snowflakes
    6:21

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Confiturnenbourg Castle
    3:56
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Clara and the prince
    4:15
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Divertimento: Chocolate: Spanish Dance
    1:07
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Coffee: Arabian dance
    3:04
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Divertimento: Tea: Chinese dance
    1:02
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Divertimento: Trepak (Russian dance)
    1:03
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Divertimento: Dance of the reed pipes
    2:15
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Divertimento: Mother Gigogne and the clowns
    2:39
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers
    6:21
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Dance of the prince and the sugar-plum fairy
    4:22
  11. 11.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Vartiation I: Tarantella
    0:43
  12. 12.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy
    2:00
  13. 13.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Coda
    1:17
  14. 14.
    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Final waltz and apotheosis
    4:54

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