The Nutcracker

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Симфонический оркестр Большого театра & Aleksandr Vedernikov

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, premiered in 1892. The score blends graceful dance forms with vivid orchestral colour and varied instrumental textures, representing a late example of Tchaikovsky's ballet writing that helped shape the repertoire of theatrical ballet music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker: Overture
    3:10
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau I. Decoration of the Christmas Tree
    4:01
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau I. March
    2:26
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau I. Children’s Galop and Entry of the Parents
    2:34
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau I. Arrival of Drosselmayer
    6:06
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau I. The Nutcracker and Grandfather Dance
    7:07
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau I. Departure of the Guests. Night.
    7:13
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau I. The Battle and Transformation Scene
    3:37
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau II. The Forest of Fir Trees in Winte
    3:53
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau II. Waltz of the Snowflakes
    7:09

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. The Enchanted Palace of the Kingdom of Sweets
    4:07
  2. 3.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Arrival of Clara and the Nutcracker
    4:38
  3. 4.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Divertissement: a. Chocolate: Spanish Dance
    1:14
  4. 5.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Divertissement: b. Coffee: Arabian Danc
    3:24
  5. 6.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Divertissement: c. Tea: Chinese Dance
    1:04
  6. 7.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Divertissement: d. Trepak: Russian Dance
    1:08
  7. 8.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Divertissement: e. Dance of the Toy Flutes
    2:42
  8. 9.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Divertissement: f. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
    2:49
  9. 10.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Waltz of the flowers
    7:00
  10. 11.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Pas de deux: The Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy
    5:06
  11. 12.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Pas de deux: Variation I (Tarantella)
    0:47
  12. 13.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Pas de deux: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
    2:14
  13. 14.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Pas de deux: Coda
    1:24
  14. 15.
    The Nutcracker: Act I, Tableau III. Final Waltz and Apotheosis
    5:24
  15. 16.
    Swan Lake, op. 20: Pas de deux: Introduction (orch. Vissarion Shebalin)
    4:37
  16. 17.
    Swan Lake, op. 20: Pas de deux: Variation I (orch. Vissarion Shebalin)
    0:53
  17. 18.
    Swan Lake, op. 20: Pas de deux: Variation II (orch. Vissarion Shebalin)
    0:52
  18. 19.
    Swan Lake, op. 20: Pas de deux: Coda (orch. Vissarion Shebalin)
    2:24
  19. 20.
    Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Polonaise (Act III)
    5:00

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