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The nutcracker : (complete) ; Swan lake suite / Tchaikovsky.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Vanguard Classics
- Standardized Title:
- Shchelkunchik
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas music.
- Ballets.
- Orchestral music.
- Suites (Orchestra).
- Genre:
- Orchestral music.
- Downloadable audio file.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Other Title:
- Swan Lake suite
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Vanguard Classics, [2009]
- Summary:
- The story of the Nutcracker, is a fantasy. The story reveals a fine insight into the heart and mind of a child, the hopes and fears that can be so poignant. Clara the child, weeps for her broken toy, courageously battles the evil Mouse King and joins her Nutcracker Prince in a land of sweetness and joy. This ballet comprises a total of fifteen musical numbers, with an overture, a first act of two scenes, and a second act in the Kingdom of Sweets.
- Contents:
- Overture
- Act I, scene I: No.1, the Christmas tree
- No.2, march
- No. 3, little galop; entrance of the guests
- No.4, Drosselmeyer's entrance; dance scene; distribution of presents
- No. 5, scene; grandfather's dance
- No. 6, guests depart; children retire to bed; magic spell begins
- No. 7, battle between Nutcracker and Mouse King; Nutcracker wins battle and is transformed into a handsome prince
- Act I, scene II: no.8, fir tree forest in winter
- No.9, waltz of the snowflakes. CD 2. Act II: No. 10, the castle, Kingdom of Sweets
- No. 11, Clara and the Nutcracker appear
- No. 12, divertissement
- Chocolate (Spanish dance)
- Coffee (Arabian dance)
- Tea (Chinese dance)
- Trepak (Russian dance)
- Dance of the mirlitons (reed pipes)
- Mother gigogne and the tumblers
- No. 13, waltz of the flowers
- No. 14, Pas de deux
- Variation I, tarantella
- Variation II, dance of the sugar plum fairy
- Coda
- No. 15, final waltz and apotheosis
- Swan lake (suite)
- scene
- waltz
- Dance of the swans, IV
- Dance of the swans, V
- Spanish dance
- Mazurka
- Final scene.
- Participant:
- Utah Symphony Orchestra ; Maurice Abravanel, conductor.
- Credits:
- Produced by Seymour Solomon ; engineered by Jack Bryan and Ed Friedner.
- Notes:
- The Nutcracker recorded Sept. 1961 and Swan Lake recorded April 1967 at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
- Contains:
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Lebedinoe ozero. Selections
- Swan lake suite.
- OCLC:
- 704911400
- Publisher Number:
- US2CS0600554
- US2CS0600555
- US2CS0600556
- US2CS0600557
- US2CS0600558
- US2CS0600559
- US2CS0600560
- US2CS0600561
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- US2CS0600571
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- US2CS0600552
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- US2CS0600576
- US2CS0600577
- US2CS0600578
- US2CS0600579
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- US2CS0600581
- US2CS0600582
- ATM-CD-1947 Vanguard Classics
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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