Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Live) State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia Evgeny Svetlanov & Vladimir Jurowski

• 1The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Overture (Live)03:13
• 2The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 1, The Christmas Tree (Live)03:52
• 3The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 2, March of the Toy Soldiers (Live)02:27
• 4The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 3, Children’s Gallop and Dance of the Parents (Live)02:27
• 5The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 4, Arrival of Drosselmeyer (Live)06:08
• 6The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 5, Scene and Grandfather Waltz (Live)06:32
• 7The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 6, Clara and the Nutcracker (Live)06:57
• 8The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 7, The Battle (Live)03:37
• 9The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 8, A Pine Forest in Winter (Live)03:37
• 10The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I: No. 9, Waltz of the Snowflakes (Live)06:45
• The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II:
• 11The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 10, The Magic Castle in the Land of Sweets (Live)03:52
• 12The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 11, Clara and Nutcracker Prince (Live)04:51
• 13The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 12a, Divertissement. Chocolate (Spanish Dance) [Live]01:12
• 14The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 12b, Divertissement. Coffee (Arabian Dance) [Live]03:00
• 15The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 12c, Divertissement. Tea (Chinese Dance) [Live]01:06
• 16The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 12d, Divertissement. Trepak (Russian Dance) [Live]01:08
• 17The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 12e, Divertissement. Dance of the Reed Flutes (Live)02:20
• 18The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 12f, Divertissement. Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles (Live)02:40
• 19The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers (Live)06:21
• 20The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 14a, Pas de deux. Sugar Plum Fairy and Her Cavalier (Live)04:36
• 21The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 14b, Pas de deux. Tarantella (Live)00:43
• 22The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 14c, Pas de deux. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Live)02:08
• 23The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 14d, Pas de deux. Coda - No. 15, Final Waltz (Live)06:27
• Total Runtime01:25:59

Info for Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Live)

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.

The Nutcracker offers the third PENTATONE release of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov” together with its Artistic Director Vladimir Jurowski, after Prokofiev Symphonies 2 & 3 (2017) and Swan Lake (2018). Jurowski has recorded extensively for PENTATONE and is generally seen as one of the most prominent conductors of his generation.

State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov"
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski was born in Moscow, but in 1990 moved with his family to Germany, where he completed his musical studies at the High Schools of Music in Dresden and in Berlin. In 1995 he made a highly successful debut at the Wexford Festival conducting Rimsky-Korsakov’s May Night, which launched his international career. Since then he has been a guest at some of the world’s leading opera houses such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille de Paris, Welsh National Opera, Dresden Semperoper, Komische Oper Berlin and Metropolitan Opera, New York.

In January 2001 Vladimir Jurowski took up the position as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera and in May 2006 was also appointed Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He also holds the title “Principal Artist” of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and from 2005 to 2009 served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra.

Vladimir Jurowski is a regular guest with many of the world's leading orchestras including the Berlin and Oslo Philharmonic orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouw, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Dresden Staatskapelle. Highlights of the 2011/12 season and beyond include his debuts with the Vienna Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, San Francisco Symphony, and return visits to the Chicago Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Dresden Staatskapelle and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

His operatic appearances have included Jenufa, The Queen of Spades andHansel und Gretel at the Metropolitan Opera, Parsifal and Wozzeck at the Welsh National Opera, War and Peace at the Opera National de Paris, Eugene Onegin at La Scala Milan, andIolantaat the Dresden Semperoper, as well as Die Zauberflöte, La Cenerentola, Otello, Macbeth, Falstaff, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg, Don Giovanni, The Rake’s Progress and Peter Eötvös’Love and Other Demons at Glyndebourne Opera. Future engagements include new productions of Ariadne auf Naxos and The Cunning Little Vixen at Glyndebourne, Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Metropolitan Opera, Moses und Aron at the Komische Oper Berlin and Ruslan and Ludmila at the Bolshoi Theatre.

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