The Nutcracker

Above the album worked the 'Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, Boston Symphony Orchestra - The Nutcracker (El Cascanueces) ', and his release took place on 2020. The album has got songs with a total duration of more than an hour. A compilation is a compilation of original music.

On the 18th December, 1892 at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, The Nutcracker was first introduced to the world. Now, almost 125 years since that opening night and from the very same hall, the Mariinsky’s current Artistic Director, Valery Gergiev, reveals a perfectly judged interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpiece.

Brass instruments are a vital part of the festive fabric of Christmas, and Tchaikovskys iconic ballet The Nutcracker is made even more joyful with the brassy brilliance of Septura. Narrated by pre-eminent actor Derek Jacobi, The Nutcracker is set on Christmas Eve, with music both rapturous and fantastical. It tells the story of how young Claras favourite present, a nutcracker shaped like a little man, turns into a handsome prince at midnight. Septura has been acclaimed by Brass Band World for its stylistic perfection and beautifully portrayed artistry (Music for Brass Septet 2, Naxos 8.573386).

Above the album worked the 'Heribert Beissel & Bonn Classical Philharmonic - The Nutcracker', and his release took place on 2020. The album has got songs with a total duration of more than an hour. A compilation is a compilation of original music.

André Previn’s performances of the three ballets of Tchaikovsky with the London Symphony Orchestra were some of the most successful classical recordings of the 1970s. Here is a complete version of the enchanting Nutcracker in its latest remastering, enhanced with bonus tracks from the most famous pages of Swan Lake: magical renditions that have not aged a bit!

Fondé en 1904 sur les cendres du Queen's Hall Orchestra, le London Symphony Orchestra constitue le plus ancien des orchestres symphoniques de la capitale britannique, avec des enregistrements remontant à 1912. Connu pour ses performances radiophoniques et télévisées, l'orchestre se produit outre-Atlantique dès 1912 (esquivant de peu le naufrage du Titanic) et voit défiler les chefs d'orchestre, de Hans Richter à Simon Rattle en passant par André Previn tandis qu'il voit son CV s'allonger au fil des décennies, s'imposant notamment auprès d'un large public à la faveur de ses travaux sous la direction temporaire de John Williams pour la saga Star Wars. Également réputé pour sa versatilité, le London Symphony Orchestra se retrouve par ailleurs sur des enregistrements comme le Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band des Beatles en 1967.

Rozhdestvensky was the son of conductor Nikolai Anosov Rozhdestvensky and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya. A pupil at the Gnesin School of Music and the Moscow Conservatory school for children, he entered the Conservatory in 1941 to study conducting with his father and piano with Lev Oborin. While still at the Conservatory, Rozhdestvensky conducted Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker at the Bolshoi Theater. Following his graduation in 1954, he was appointed assistant conductor at the Bolshoi and in 1956 made his first visit to England with the Bolshoi Ballet.

There is a wonderfully vivid, pictorial quality to Tchaikovsky's colourful music. Soon after Tchaikovsky completed his ballet, The Nutcracker, Taneyev made a piano transcription of the entire work. When he finished his transcription, he gave it to Tchaikovsky. Taneyev may have thought about using this transcription for ballet practice and that he intended to try to capture all the sounds of the original piece when arranging it. But the overt frankness with which Taneyev reacted to Tchaikovsky's works made the composer nervous lot and they are often particularly dissatisfied with each other.

After the tremendous success of Swan Lake, Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov” continue their Tchaikovksy ballet series on PENTATONE with this recording of The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s enchanting masterpiece is an absolute audience favourite, thanks to hits such as the Waltz of the Flowers, Trepak and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, but also due to the composer’s ability to evoke a sense of wonder in listeners both young and old. Vladimir Jurowski and his players tell this story about the power of fantasy with unprecedented zeal, demonstrating the symphonic refinement and orchestral brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score.