Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker - Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker) Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
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This Nutcracker is a milestone in the Warner Classics discography, and one of Sir Simon Rattle & the Berliner Philharmoniker’s best-selling albums together. This beautiful limited deluxe version with colour vinyl is perfect for the Christmas period.
“It's so infectiously, festively fun that even the Berlin Philharmonie, famed more for their rich, smooth perfection than for letting their hair down, has fallen into party mode, albeit of the cocktail rather than the student shin-dig variety.” BBC
“There is a consistent sense here that Rattle has the consistent scenario and its detail firmly in view, so that the children's fluctuating emotions of wonderment, vexation and disappointment are clearly etched in...this magnificent recording underlines its magical and musical magnetism.” Gramophone
“Rattle is always heartfelt and expansive, and the playing of the Berliners is glorious.” The Sunday Times
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840–1893
The Nutcracker
Der Nussknacker · Casse-noisette
First production: Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 1892 · Choreographer: Lev Ivanov · Complete
†Libera
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 29–31.XII.2009, Philharmonie, Berlin
Producer and editor: Christoph Franke · Recording engineer: René Moeller
Original cover artwork · Cover illustration: Antonio Javier Caparo
Total timing: 86.30
A Warner Classics release, (p) 2010 & © 2026 Parlophone Records Limited
Track List
SIDE A
A1 - Miniature Overture
ACT ONE
A2 - No. 1 The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
A3 - No. 2 March
A4 - No. 3 Children’s Galop and Entry of the Parents
A5 - No. 4 Arrival of Drosselmeyer
A6 - No. 5 Grandfather’s Dance
SIDE B
B1 - No. 6 Scene: Clara and the Nutcracker
B2 - No. 7 Scene: The Battle
B3 - No. 8 Scene: In the Pine Forest
B4 - No. 9 Waltz of the Snowflakes†
SIDE C
ACT TWO
C1 - No. 10 Scene: The Kingdom of Sweets
C2 - No. 11 Scene: Clara and the Prince
C3 - No. 12 Divertissement
C4 - Chocolate: Spanish Dance
C5 - Coffee: Arabian Dance
C6 - Tea: Chinese Dance
C7 - Trepak: Russian Dance
C8 - Dance of the Reed Pipes
C9 - Mother Gigogne
SIDE D
D1 - No. 13 Waltz of the Flowers
D2 - No. 14 Pas de deux
D3 - Variation I: Tarantella
D4 - Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
D5 - Coda
D6 - No. 15 Final Waltz and Apotheosis
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