Nutcracker (complete ballet score)
~ Release by Tchaikovsky; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (see all versions of this release, 4 available)
Annotation
This release (Telarc CD-8137E) has the same barcode as Telarc CD-80137 but is labelled as Complete Ballet Score in contrast to Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The excerpt from La Pique Dame featured in the other release is not included.
Tracklist
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | The Nutcracker: Overture
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3:07 | |
| 2 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 1. The Christmas Tree
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3:57 | |
| 3 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 2. March
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:32 | |
| 4 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 3. Children’s Galop & Arrival of the Guests
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:20 | |
| 5 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 4. Dance Scene & Arrival of Drosselmeyer
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:49 | |
| 6 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 5. Scene & Grandfather’s Dance
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 6:25 | |
| 7 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 6. The Magic Spell Begins
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 6:21 | |
| 8 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 7. The Battle Between the Nutcracker & the Mouse King
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3:20 | |
| 9 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 8. Scene in the Pine Forest (Journey Through the Snow)
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 4:05 | |
| 10 | The Nutcracker: Act I, Scene 9. Waltz of the Snowflakes
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 6:04 | |
| CD 2 | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 10. The Magic Castle
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3:56 | |
| 2 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 11. Clara & the Prince
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 4:35 | |
| 3 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12. Divertissement: Chocolate: Spanish Dance
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1:12 | |
| 4 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12. Divertissement: Coffee: Arabian Dance
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:57 | |
| 5 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12. Divertissement: Tea: Chinese Dance
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1:02 | |
| 6 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12. Divertissement: Trepak
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1:08 | |
| 7 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12. Divertissement: Dance of the Mirlitons
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:08 | |
| 8 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 12. Divertissement: Mother Gigogne & the Clowns
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:36 | |
| 9 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 13. Waltz of the Flowers
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 6:38 | |
| 10 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14. Pas de Deux: Dance of the Prince & the Sugar-Plum Fairy
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:04 | |
| 11 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14. Variation I: Tarantella
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 0:45 | |
| 12 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14. Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2:19 | |
| 13 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 14. Coda
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1:23 | |
| 14 | The Nutcracker: Act II, Scene 15. Final Waltz & Apotheosis
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 5:00 | |
Credits
Release
| art direction: | Ray Kirschensteiner (Telarc designer) |
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| producer: | Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC) |
| recording engineer: | Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc) (from 1986-05-13 until 1986-05-16) |
| editor: | Rosalind Ilett (Telarc editor) Elaine Martone (engineer) |
| illustration: | Maurice Sendak (US writer and illustrator) |
| recorded at: | Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1986-05-13 until 1986-05-16) |
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Release group
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/919487 [info] |
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| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001828197 [info] |
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