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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker Op.71 Complete Ballet

SACD 1 (5186 092): 

Act 1
1.  Overture  3. 10
 
Tableau I 
2. Decoration of the Christmas tree 4. 01
  (L'ornement et l'illumination de l'arbre de Noël)  
3. March 2. 26
  (Marche) 
4. Children's galop and entry of the parents  2. 34
  (Petit galop des enfants et entrée des parents) 
5. Arrival of Drosselmayer  6. 06
  (Arrivée du conseiller Drosselmayer) 
6. The Nutcracker and Grandfather dance  7. 07
  (Scène et danse Grossvater) 
7. Departure of the guests. Night.  7. 13
  (Le depart des invités. La nuit) 
8. The battle and transformation scene  3. 37
  (Scne - La bataille) 
    
Tableau II
9. The forest of fir trees in winter  3. 53
  (Une fort de sapins en hiver) 
10. Waltz of the snowflakes 7. 09
  (Valse des flocons de neige) 
    
    
SACD 2 (5186 093): 

Act 2
Tableau III
1. The enchanted palace of the kingdom of sweets 4. 07
  (Le palais enchanté de Confiturembourg) 
2.  Arrival of Clara and the Nutcracker  4. 38
  (L'arrivée de Casse-Noisette et Claire) 
Divertissement
3. a. Chocolate - Spanish Dance 1. 14
  (Le chocolat - Danse espagnole) 
4. b. Coffee - Arabian Dance 3. 24
  (Le café - Danse arabe) 
5. c. Tea - Chinese Dance 1. 04
  (Le thé - Danse chinoise) 
6. d. Trepak - Russian Dance 1. 08
  (Danse russe)  
7. e. Dance of the Toy Flutes 2. 42
  (Danse des mirlitons) 
8. f. Mother Gigogne and the clowns 2. 49
  (La mère Gigogne et les polichinelles) 
9. Waltz of the flowers 7. 00
  (Valse des fleurs) 
10. Pas de deux - The Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy  5. 06
  (La fée Dragée avec le prince Orgeat) 
11. Variation I (Tarantella)  0. 47
  (Pour le danseur) 
12. Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) 2. 14
  (Pour la danseuse) 
13. Coda 1. 24
14. Final waltz and apotheosis 5. 24
  (Valse finale et apothéose)  


From “Swan Lake” (“Le Lac des Cygnes”) Op. 20
Pas de deux (Appendix)
15. Introduction (orch. Vissarion Shebalin) 4. 37
16. Variation 1 (orch. Vissarion Shebalin) 0. 53
17. Variation 2 (orch. by the composer) 0. 52
18. Coda (orch. Vissarion Shebalin) 2. 24

From“Eugene Onegin” Op. 24
19. Polonaise (Act 3)


Children’s Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre
Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow
Conducted by: Alexander Vedernikov



“Recorded in Moscow just last year, this fine performance in magnificent 5.0 surround sound provides quite a contrast to the formerly decrepit sonics of Soviet era Russian recordings by the Bolshoi Orchestra….. Everything sparkles, and the tempos are fairly brisk…… but what hearing the complete score shows is that there is lots of great music here that didn't make it to the suites.”
John Sunier, Audiophile Audition

“I suspect this is the Nutcracker Ballet by which all others will be judged - past and future. It comes from the Boshoi Theatre orchestra, and chorus, and has that element of "the source" which is beyond question. Performed with such professionalism and sense of place which immediately shows, "this is it". I absolutely loved it. Nothing I have, and I have several, comes close. I only hope this is the start of a Ballet Series from PentaTone featuring the Boshoi. I will buy every one”.
Charlie Thomas, SA-CD.net