Description
Why--considering that the CD market is already clogged with recordings of Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker'--should you buy this one? There are many cheaper recordings available, and it's one of those works which is so well-known and often-performed that truly bad performances just don't make it into the already-crowded field.
Quite simply, you should buy this recording because if it is not the single best one available on CD, it is among those at the top of the heap. Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra have brought their magic to yet another Russian masterpiece, as they have done many times already with Russian operas on Philips and in performances around the world. Here, they present the complete 'Nutcracker' rather than just the suite, snugly fit on just one CD. All of the suite's well-known excerpts are here, along with all of the first-rate music that comes in between them. Do yourself a favor and don't pass Gergiev and company over for a lesser recording of the complete work, or even for a great performance of the suite.
Product Details
- Artist
- Valery Gergiev
- Acoustic Recording
- No
- Label / Studio
- UNIVERSAL
- Run Time (minutes)
- 81
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 1999
- Number of Discs
- 1
- SPARS Code
- DDD
- Cast & Crew
- Anna Barry (Producer)
- Jaap de Jong (Sound Engineer)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Miniature Overture; Act 1 - Decoration of the Christmas Tree
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March
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Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents
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Arrival of Drosselmayer
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The Nutcracker and Grandfather Dance
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Departure of the Guests - Night
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The Battle and Transformation Scene
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The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter (Journey Through the Snow)
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Waltz of the Snowflakes
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Act 2 - The Enchanted Palace of the Kingdom of Sweets (The Magic Castle)
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Arrival of Clara and the Nutcracker
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Divertissement:
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Chocolate (Spanish Dance); Coffee (Arab Dance); Tea (Chinese Dance); Trepak (Russian Dance); Dance of the Mirlitons (Flu
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Waltz of the Flowers
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Pas de Deux (The Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy); Variation I (Tarantella); Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
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Final Waltz and Apotheosis.
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Additional Item for Divertissement_Gigue (English Dance): Orch Lanchbery.
