by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · EMI · CD · EAN 0077776484327
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«The Nutcracker» is the album by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn, released in 1993 by EMI Classics as a double CD.
The album presents Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, op. 71, with the music of both acts, and is completed by the Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48. The score combines character dances, orchestral passages and fairy-tale atmospheres; among its well-known numbers are the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers.
The Nutcracker is performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn; the Serenade for Strings, by the London Symphony Orchestra with Sir John Barbirolli. Recordings from 1985 and 1986.
For fans of classical music and ballet; The Nutcracker is also a regular title in Christmas programmes.
