Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (The)

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The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (more info)
Performed by: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Wanda Landowska Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: David Maninov Klaus-Peter Hahn Fritz Busch Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Neeme Jarvi Alexander Vedernikov Boris Spassov Don Jackson
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,
Recording date: 1989


1.   Act I: Overture - 3:10
2.   Act I Tableau I: Decoration of the Christmas tree - 4:01
3.   Act I Tableau I: March - 2:26
4.   Act I Tableau I: Children's galop and entry of the parents - 2:34
5.   Act I Tableau I: Arrival of Drosselmayer - 6:06
6.   Act I Tableau I: The Nutcracker and Grandfather dance - 7:07
7.   Act I Tableau I: Departure of the guests - Night - 7:13
8.   Act I Tableau I: The battle and transformation scene - 3:37
9.   Act I Tableau II: The forest of fir trees in winter - 3:53
10.   Act I Tableau II: Waltz of the snowflakes - 7:09

The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (more info)
Performed by: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Wanda Landowska Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: David Maninov Klaus-Peter Hahn Fritz Busch Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Neeme Jarvi Alexander Vedernikov Boris Spassov Don Jackson
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,
Recording date: 1989


1.   Act II Tableau III: The enchanted palace of the kingdom of sweets - 4:07
2.   Act II Tableau III: Arrival of Clara and the Nutcracker - 4:38
3.   Act II Tableau III: Divertissement: a. Chocolate - Spanish Dance - 1:14
4.   Act II Tableau III: Divertissement: b. Coffee - Arabian Dance - 3:24
5.   Act II Tableau III: Divertissement: c. Tea - Chinese Dance - 1:04
6.   Act II Tableau III: Divertissement: d. Trepak - Russian Dance
7.   Act II Tableau III: Divertissement: e. Dance of the Toy Flutes - 2:42
8.   Act II Tableau III: Divertissement: f. Mother Gigogne and the clowns - 2:49
9.   Act II Tableau III: Waltz of the flowers - 7:00
10.   Act II Tableau III: Pas de deux: The Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy - 5:06
11.   Act II Tableau III: Variation I (Tarantella) - 0:47
12.   Act II Tableau III: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) - 2:14
13.   Act II Tableau III: Coda - 1:24
14.   Act II Tableau III: Final waltz and apotheosis - 5:24


Swan Lake, Op. 20 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Munich Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Nicolae Moldoveanu Nicolae Moldoveanu Dmitry Yablonsky Yuri Ahronovitch Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Neeme Jarvi Alexander Vedernikov Clio Gould Boris Spassov Henry Adolph
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Josef Bogacz, violin


15.   Introduction - 4:37
16.   Variation 1 - 0:53
17.   Variation 2 - 0:52
18.   Coda - 2:24


Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard Johannes Wildner Alexander Vedernikov Constantine Orbelian Jansug Kakhidze
Recording date: 27-30 August 1990


19.   Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act III: Polonaise - 5:00

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