The Nutcracker / Suite No. 3 / Suite No. 4 ‘Mozartiana’

Album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet

This release is a compilation of orchestral works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed between 1884 and 1892. The music ranges from theatrical ballet material to orchestral suites that employ sweeping melodies, varied dance rhythms and bright orchestral colour, and it sits within Tchaikovsky's mature late-Romantic period when he revisited classical forms and refined his orchestral craft.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Overture
    3:09
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 1; The Christmas Tree
    4:10
  3. 3.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 2: March
    2:27
  4. 4.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 3: Galop and Dance of the Parents
    2:14
  5. 5.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 4: Dance Scene – The Presents of Drosselmeyer
    5:16
  6. 6.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 5: Scene – Grandfather Dance
    5:34
  7. 7.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 6: Clara and the Nutcracker
    6:35
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 7: Battle between Nutcracker and Mouse King – The Nutcracker wins and is transformed into Prince Charming
    3:29
  9. 9.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 8: Scene – Pine forest in Winter
    3:23
  10. 10.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act I: No. 9: Scene and Waltz of the Snowflakes
    6:08
  11. 11.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: No. 10: The Magic Castle on the Mountain of Sweets
    4:01
  12. 12.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: No. 11: Clara and Prince Charming
    4:41
  13. 13.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Divertissement: No. 12a. Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
    1:11
  14. 14.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Divertissement: No. 12b. Coffee (Arabian Dance)
    3:10
  15. 15.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Divertissement: No. 12c. Tea (Chinese Dance)
    1:03
  16. 16.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Divertissement: No. 12d. Trépak (Russian Dance)
    1:07
  17. 17.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Divertissement: No. 12e. Dance of the Mirlitons (Reed Pipes)
    2:14
  18. 18.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Divertissement: No. 12f. Polchinelle (The Clown)
    2:42
  19. 19.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: No. 13 Waltz of the Flowers
    6:26

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Pas de deux: No. 14a: Intrada
    5:36
  2. 3.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Pas de deux: No. 14b: Variation 1 (Tarantella)
    0:40
  3. 4.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Pas de deux: No. 14c: Variation 2 (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
    1:59
  4. 5.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Pas de deux: No. 14d: Coda
    1:22
  5. 6.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: No. 15: Final Waltz and Apotheosis
    5:00
  6. 7.
    Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in G, Op. 55: I. Elégie
    9:32
  7. 8.
    Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in G, Op. 55: II. Valse mélancolique
    5:45
  8. 9.
    Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in G, Op. 55: III. Scherzo
    4:38
  9. 10.
    Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in G, Op. 55: IV. Tema con variazioni
    17:37
  10. 11.
    SuSuite for Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 61 ‘Mozartiana’: I. Gigue
    1:51
  11. 12.
    SuSuite for Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 61 ‘Mozartiana’: II. Menuet
    5:00
  12. 13.
    SuSuite for Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 61 ‘Mozartiana’: III. Preghiera
    5:04
  13. 14.
    SuSuite for Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 61 ‘Mozartiana’: IV. Theme et Variations
    14:14

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