Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op.71 (excerpts)

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Eugene Ormandy (Conductor), Philadelphia Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024PW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,321 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TCHAIKOVSKY,P.I.
Title: NUTCRACKER-HLTS
Street Release Date: 10/30/1984
Domestic
Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Winner in a Crowded Field, July 9, 2000

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This review is from: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op.71 (excerpts) (Audio CD)

Every label, every orchestra, every conductor has at least one Nutcracker out there - they sell, so they pay the bills. Most of them are fine, and many are superb. This is a superb one; Ormandy with the Philadelpia Orchestra in what was originally a Columbia Masterworks release produced by Thomas Frost. I prefer this to the later RCA recording for both sound and musicianship. I like the lusher, fuller string sound and the solid unrushed approach here. However, it does contain the most rowdy version of Madam Bonbonierre I've ever heard-it's uptempo and amusing. If you want a Nutcracker recording with all the best excerpts included, well-produced and well-played, there are still many to choose from; but this one always sounds to me like there was just a little magic included, as well. It sparkles a little more than some others, and seems to have that mythic dimension of delight that the entire season is supposed to be about.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can't beat the Ormandy Philadelphia strings, December 15, 2008

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Peach "Curmudgeon" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op.71 (excerpts) (Audio CD)

In the Waltz of the Flowers, Eugene Ormandy has the violins repeat the theme an octave higher. It was a brilliant innovation! While it wasn't in the original Tchaikovsky score, I'm certain that if Tchaikovsky had heard it, he would have heartily approved. It's a great CD to own, for that reason alone.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nutcracker CD review, December 25, 2007

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M. Opitz "MO" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op.71 (excerpts) (Audio CD)

Great CD from an older album and version of this classic ballet and musical performance