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ну сказку Хофмана (кстати, не предок ли нашего любимого Стива Хофмана? ;) ) о коллеге нашем знают, наверное, все. кто подзабыл могут её перечитать и удивиться как тогда еще ухитрился Хофман описать (образно, конечно) историю современного кракера? :w00t: потому релиз посвещается всем кракерам, благородным пиратам... и всем кто просто зубами щелкает :lol: слушаем музыкальную сказку о бедном кракере :rolleyes:
thanks to my friends :punk:
cue & log tagged within, scans are inside
Disc: 1
| TRACKLIST |
| 1. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Arrival In Fairyland 2. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Festival In Honor Of The Children And Prince Charming - Character Dances (Divertissement) 3. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Chocolate (Spanish Dance) 4. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Coffee (Arabian Dance) 5. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Tea (Chinese Dance) 6. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Russian Dance (Trepak) 7. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Dance Of The Toy Flutes 8. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Dance Of The Clowns 9. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Waltz Of The Flowers 10. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Dances Of The Sugar Plum Fairy And Prince Charming : Pas de Deux |
Disc: 2
| TRACKLIST |
| 1. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 10. Scene: Arrival In Fairyland 2. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 11. Scene: Festival In Honor Of The Children And Prince Charming 3. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 12. a) Chocolate (Spanish Dance) 4. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 12. b ) Coffee (Arabian Dance) 5. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 12. c) Tea (Chinese Dance) 6. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 12. d) Russian Dance (Trepak) 7. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 12. e) Dance Of The Toy Flutes 8. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 12. f) Dance Of The Clowns 9. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 13. Waltz Of The Flowers 10. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 14. Pas de Deux 11. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 14. a) Dance Of Prince Charming 12. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 14. b ) Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy 13. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 14. c) Coda 14. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: 15. Waltz Finale And... Listen Listen 15. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Apotheosis 16. Serenade For Strings In C Major, Op. 48: 1. Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato 17. Serenade For Strings In C Major, Op. 48: 2. Walzer. Moderato. Tempo di Valse 18. Serenade For Strings In C Major, Op. 48: 3. Elegie. Larghetto elegiaco 19. Serenade For Strings In C Major, Op. 48: 4. Finale (Tema Russo). Andante - Allegro con spirito |
A Timeless Holiday Classic, Masterful Recording, December 17, 2002
Reviewer: Rachel Garret (Beverly Hills)
Antal Dorati was the Toscanini for ballet music as well as Tchaikovsky's music. In the 60's and 70's, he conducted all over Europe and recorded LP's for distribution in America. This Nutcracker was orginally an LP, the Nutcracker in its entirety with the addition of Tchaikovsky's Serenade For Strings. There are many fine interpretations of the beloved Christmas classic, one of which Charles Mackerras' version strikes us as the best. But Dorati has precision and perfectionist zeal that makes the score to the ballet sound more true to the Russian spirit that Tchaikovsky blended with European elegance and symphonic treatment. Sentimentality was always Tchaikovsky's strong points, endowed with musical genius and tonal color and lavished attention to every individual instrument.
The original liner notes for the LP are to be found here, documenting the life of Tchaikovsky and the background for his creating the ballet based on E.T.A. Hoffman's dark fairy tale, The Nutcracker. It is the tale of Clara, how one evening at a family Christmas party she was given a Nutcracker as a toy, how it magically comes to life and defeats the Mouse King and his minions. Clara is whisked away into the magical dream world of Act 2. Through divertissements, dance sequences with no plot to further the story, she encounters Spanish dancers, an Arab dancer, Chinese dancers, Russian Trepak dancers and an incredibly sweeping, romantic Waltz of Flowers. There is solo for the Nutcracker who has become a Prince by Act 2 and a pas de deux between him and Clara. The Pas De Deux is without question, the most romantic, intense and symphonic number in the whole ballet, evoking a climatic union of beauty and that dark fatalism that seems to permeate a lot of Tchaikovsky's music. For the Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky used celeste, a variation of the piano instrument, in the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and was very proud that the other Russian composers, Mussorgsky and Borodin had not beat him to it.
This is the best recording avaible and it is a bonus that it comes with a well orchestrated Serenade For Strings, a melodic, well structured piece of string music that Tchaikovsky wrote as a tribute to the Countess Von Meck who inspired his music and sponsored him financially. It is light, it is dark and it is rich in string symphonic style. Tchaikovsky's music is at best the most romantic and inspiring of his time. Kudos for the producers of this fine recording.
For years, I have been a collector of ballet music and have taught dance as well. Tchaikovsky was a brilliant man, a tortured man, whose sexuality was forbidden by Russian law and who out of the depths of his pain, forged the most beautiful and most seriously romantic music of the nineteenth century, finding himself the equal to Beethoven.
