Nutcracker Suite / Serenade for Strings

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

The Nutcracker Suite and Serenade for Strings are orchestral works by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1892 and 1880 respectively. The Nutcracker Suite, drawn from a full-length ballet, presents a sequence of dance movements and vivid orchestral colour, while the Serenade for Strings is a concentrated chamber-orchestra work that emphasises string sonority, classical forms and melodic lyricism, reflecting aspects of Tchaikovsky's style in his middle period.

Nutcracker Suite / Serenade for Strings by Tchaikovsky - album cover

First released: 1982

Classical

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1.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: Miniature Overture; Characteristic Dances
3:15
2.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: March
2:24
3.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
1:45
4.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: Russian Dance
1:09
5.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: Arabian Dance (Coffee)
3:57
6.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: Chinese Dance (Tea)
1:07
7.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: Dance of the Reed-pipes
2:28
8.
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: Waltz of the Flowers
6:50
9.
Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo--Allegro moderato
9:00
10.
Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: Waltz: Moderato (Tempo di valse)
3:40
11.
Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco
8:55
12.
Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: Finale (Tema russo)--Allegro con spirito
7:11