Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Various: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Various

Title: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Various
Artist: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Various
Label: Warner Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5099996769423
Genre: Classical

2009 2X CD compilation. The Nutcracker, first seen in 1892, recounts the magical Christmas Eve of young Clara. Her adventures in the company of an enchanted prince inspired Tchaikovsky to such spellbinding numbers as Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy, the Waltz of the Flowers and a sparkling series of national dances. Magic albeit with tragic consequences also inhabits La Sylphide one of the first romantic ballads, with music by Norwegian-born Hermon Lovenskold (1815-1870)

Tracks:
1.1 Miniature Overture
1.2 Decoration of the Christmas Tree
1.3 March
1.4 Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents
1.5 Arrival of Drosselmeyer
1.6 Grandfather's Dance
1.7 Departure of the Guests - Night
1.8 The Battle
1.9 The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter
1.10 Waltz of the Snowfalkes
1.11 Confiturembourg (The Kingdom of Sweets)
1.12 Entrance of Clara and the Prince
1.13 Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
1.14 Coffee (Arab Dance)
1.15 Tea (Chinese Dance)
1.16 Trepak (Russian Dance)
1.17 Dance of the Reed Flutes
1.18 Mother Gigogne
1.19 Waltz of the Flowers
2.1 Pas de Deux
2.2 Variation I (Tarantella)
2.3 Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
2.4 Coda
2.5 Final Waltz and Apotheosis
2.6 D. Gigue (English Dance) (Orch. Lanchbery)
2.7 La Sylphide: Overture
2.8 La Sylphide: I. Introduction
2.9 La Sylphide: II. Entrance of Effy
2.10 La Sylphide: III. James-Effy-The Witch-Fortune Teller Scene
2.11 La Sylphide: IV. James and the Sylphide-Window Scene
2.12 La Sylphide: V. Arrival of the Guests-Pas D'écossaise
2.13 La Sylphide: VI. Pas de Deux-Reel
2.14 La Sylphide: VII. Finale
2.15 La Sylphide: I. Witch Scene
2.16 La Sylphide: II. James and the Sylphide-Forest Scene
2.17 La Sylphide: III. the Sylphide Calls the Sylphs
2.18 La Sylphide: IV. Sylph Scene-Divertissment
2.19 La Sylphide: V. James Chasing the Sylphide
2.20 La Sylphide: VI. Gurn-The Witch-Effy
2.21 La Sylphide: VII. James and the Witch-The Scarf
2.22 La Sylphide: VIII. Finale