Contents:

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
The Nutcracker, Fairy ballet in two acts, Op. 71

CD 1
1. Overture

ACT I
First Tableau
2. 1. The Decoration of The Christmas Tree
3. 2. March
4. 3. Children's Galop and Arrival of the Guests
5. 4. Arrival of the Drosselmayer
6. 5. Dance of the Grandfathers
7. 6. The Magic Spell Begins
8. 7. The Battle

Second Tableau
9. 8. In the Pine-Forest
10. 9. Waltz of the Snowflakes

Total time: 48.17


CD 2

ACT II
1. 10. The Kingdom of Sweets
2. 11. Clara and the Prince
12. Divertimento
3. a) Chocolate: Spanish Dance
4. b) Coffee: Arabian Dance
5. c) Tea : Chinese Dance
6. d) Trepak: Russian Dance
7. e) Dance of the Flutes
8. f) Mother Cigogne and the Clowns
9. 13. Waltz of the Flowers
14. Pas de deux
10. Dance of the Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy
11. a) Variation I : Tarantella
12. b) Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
13. c) Coda
14. d) Final waltz
15. e) Apotheosis

Total time: 43.15

The USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Evgeny Svetlanov
Recorded in 1988