Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (ballet suite)/Swan Lake (excerpts)/Sleeping Beauty Waltz/ Bernstein, NY Philharmonic

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Conductor), New York Philharmonic (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
• Audio CD (November 24, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B00000FCKZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,168 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 1. Overture Miniature. Allegro giusto

2. 2. Danses caractéristiques. a. Marche. Tempo di marcia viva

3. 2. Danses caractéristiques. b. Danse de la fée dragée. Andante non trop

4. 2. Danses caractéristiques. c. Danse russe (Trépak). Tempo di Trépak, m

5. 2. Danses caractéristiques. d. Danse arabe. Allegretto

6. 2. Danses caractéristiques. e. Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato

7. 2. Danses caractéristiques. f. Danse des mirlitons. Moderato assai

8. 3. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di valse

9. Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. 1. Tempo di valse ma non troppo, quasi moder

10. Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. 2. Andante - Allegro

11. Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. 3. Allegro moderato

12. Act 1. No. 5. Pas de deux. 4. Coda. Allegro molto vivace

13. Act 2. No. 10. Scène. Moderato.

14. Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 1. Tempo di valse

15. Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 2. Moderato assai - Molto più mosso

16. Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 4. Allegro moderato

17. Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 5. Pas d'action. Andante - Allegro

18. Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 6. Tout le monde danse. Tempo di vals

19. Act 2. No. 13. Danses des cygnes. 7. Coda. Allegro vivo

20. Act 3. No. 15. Allegro giusto

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Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TCHAIKOVSKY,P.I.
Title: NUTCRACKER STE/SWAN LAKE/WALTZ
Street Release Date: 11/24/1998
Domestic
Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Supurb!, August 22, 2006

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C. Warden (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (ballet suite)/Swan Lake (excerpts)/Sleeping Beauty Waltz/ Bernstein, NY Philharmonic (Audio CD)

Crisp and lively! This CD offered all my favorites from the Nutcracker Suite, Swan Lake along with Sleeping Beauty. What more could I ask? Sound quality is supurb!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful for Little Ballerinas, January 9, 2007

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Marie West (San Pedro, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (ballet suite)/Swan Lake (excerpts)/Sleeping Beauty Waltz/ Bernstein, NY Philharmonic (Audio CD)

I purchased this CD for my six year old grandaughter who was dancing in the local production of The Nutcracker for the second year, and she loved it. It contains the best pieces of the three ballets without being so long as to cause little listeners to lose interest, and is a good quality production as well. We enjoyed it throughout the Christmas season.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but there are better, February 16, 2008

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Peter Chordas "music lover" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (ballet suite)/Swan Lake (excerpts)/Sleeping Beauty Waltz/ Bernstein, NY Philharmonic (Audio CD)

First let me say, I am a huge fan of Leonard Bernstein. I have some outstanding recordings of his that match no other. He has contributed greatly to keeping classical music alive and to my personal library as well. But I have to say that I have better recordings than these of the Nutcracker and Swan Lake. Overall, if you listen to this CD it's fine with some impressive sound that you get from a large tight orchestra such as the NYP (after all, Bernstein was the one who directed them to be as closely knit as they are). The overall interpretation is big and loud with swift movement through the pieces. I personally like the music to sound a bit more expressive and intimate. That's not to say that these lack any emotion. But they are slightly off in tempi and expression to my liking.

For the Nutcracker, Karajan puts more depth into it and the orchestra is just as large. As for the Swan Lake, the interpretation by Wolfgang Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orch. (EMI) is richer and brighter than this Bernstein recording. It also happens to be the complete work and not just the highlights which, now that I have heard it in its entirety, there is no reason to have highlighted excerpts which take away from this phenomenal work by Tchaikovsky. It happens to be a low budget CD which is just an added bonus. So if you really want the highlights version, burn the same pieces from the Bernstein excerpts and there you go! Sorry Lenny.