Composer: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: André Previn, Ole Schmidt
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9676942
Release: 2009
Size: 710 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
The Nutcracker, Op. 71
01. Miniature Overture
Act I
02. Scene 1: No. 1, Decoration of the Christmas Tree
03. Scene 1: No. 2, March
04. Scene 1: No. 3, Children’s Galop and Entry of the Parents
05. Scene 1: No. 4, Dancing Scene. Arrival of Drosselmeyer
06. Scene 1: No. 5, Scene and Grandfather Dance
07. Scene 1: No. 6, Clara and the Nutcracker
08. Scene 1: No. 7, The Battle
09. Scene 2: No. 8, The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter. Journey Through the Snow
10. Scene 2: No. 9, Waltz of the Snowflakes
Act II
11. No. 10, The Enchanted Palace of Confiturembourg, the Kingdom of Sweets
12. No. 11, Arrival of Clara and the Nutcracker
13. No. 12a, Divertissement. Chocolate, Spanish Dance
14. No. 12b, Divertissement. Coffee, Arabian Dance
15. No. 12c, Divertissement. Tea, Chinese Dance
16. No. 12d, Divertissement. Trepak, Russian Dance
17. No. 12e, Divertissement. Dance of the Reed-Flutes
18. No. 12f, Divertissement. Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
19. No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
CD 02
01. No. 14a, Pas de deux. Andante maestoso
02. No. 14b, Pas de deux. Variation I “Tarantella”
03. No. 14c, Pas de deux. Variation II “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
04. No. 14d, Pas de deux. Coda
05. No. 15, Final Waltz and Apotheosis
06. Gigue (Orch. Lanchbery)Philharmonia Orchestra00:51
La Sylphide
07. Overture (Grave maestoso energico – Andante con molto espressione – Allegro vivace e con spirito)
08. Act 1: Introduction
09. Act 1: Entrance of Effy (Andantino dolce)
10. Act 1: James Effy – The Witch – The Fortune-Teller Scene (Allegro – Andantino – Allegro con fuoco)
11. Act 1: James and the Sylphide – The Window Scene (Andantino doloroso – Allegro vivo – Allegro grazioso)
12. Act 1: Arrival of the Guests – Pas d’écossaise (Allegro vivace – Tempo di Marcia)
13. Act 1: Pas de deux et Reel (Moderato – Andante siciliano – Allegro)
14. Act 1: Finale (Moderato)
15. Act 2: The Witch Scene (Grave – Moderato – Allegro con fuoco)
16. Act 2: James and the Sylphide – The Forest Scene (Andante – Andante amoroso – Allegretto grazioso)
17. Act 2: The Sylphide calls the Sylphs (Moderato)
18. Act 2: The Sylph Scene – Divertissement (Andante)
19. Act 2: James chasing the Sylphide (Più animato)
20. Act 2: Gurn – The Witch – Effy (Allegro)
21. Act 2: James and the Witch – The Scarf (Vivo)
22. Act 2: Finale (Andante – Allegro vivace ed agitato – Allegro con spirito)
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