Antal Dorati conducting the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra - "Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71 - Complete Ballet" (1955) - Mercury Records
Hello Friends,
Another edition of Sunday Morning Classics. Drinking some strong black coffee and cleaning the empty bottles and ashtrays from last night.
And there's no better way to dance a holiday hangover away than with Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Ballet from 1892.
This is a nifty double-album of the complete Nutcracker Ballet with some pretty impressive packaging.
Mercury Records claims that this is the first complete recording of Tchaikovksy's most famous work.
Everyone, of course, is very familiar with the far more famous, Nutcracker Suite, which is pretty ubiquitous this time of year. The suite runs usually about a half an hour whereas the complete version runs closer to 90 minutes; its like the Nutcracker's Greatest Hits.
Pretty extensive liner notes with some cool Wes Anderson-y illustrations throughout the accompanying pages.
RATING: 4.5 Sugar Plum Fairies out of 5
And there's no better way to dance a holiday hangover away than with Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Ballet from 1892.
This is a nifty double-album of the complete Nutcracker Ballet with some pretty impressive packaging.
Mercury Records claims that this is the first complete recording of Tchaikovksy's most famous work.
Everyone, of course, is very familiar with the far more famous, Nutcracker Suite, which is pretty ubiquitous this time of year. The suite runs usually about a half an hour whereas the complete version runs closer to 90 minutes; its like the Nutcracker's Greatest Hits.
Pretty extensive liner notes with some cool Wes Anderson-y illustrations throughout the accompanying pages.
RATING: 4.5 Sugar Plum Fairies out of 5
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