Performer: Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical / Stage & Screen
Album: The Nutcracker (Casse-Noisette - Complete Ballet)
Released: 1959
Style: Romantic
MP3 version ZIP size: 1929 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1505 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1590 mb
Rating: 4.1
Votes: 114
Other Formats: MP2 ADX DMF VOX MP3 ASF XM

Tracklist

The Nutcracker (Casse-Noisette) - Ballet In Two Acts, Op. 71
A1	Overture
A2.a	Act 1, Tableau 1 - No. 1. The Christmas Tree
A2.b	Act 1, Tableau 1 - No. 2. March
A3.a	Act 1, Tableau 1 - No. 3. Little Galop And Entrance Of The Guests
A3.b	Act 1, Tableau 1 - No. 4. Dance Scene - Distribution Of Presents
A4	Act 1, Tableau 1 - No. 5. Scene And Grandfather's Dance
B.a	Act 1, Tableau 1 - No. 6. Scene - Guests Go - Children Retire To Bed, Magic Spell Commences
B.b	Act 1, Tableau 1 - No. 7. Scene - Battle Between Nutcracker And Mouse King - Nutcracker Wins Battle And Is Transformed Into Handsome Prince
B.c	Act 1, Tableau 2 - No. 8. Scene - Pine Forest In Winter
B.d	Act 1, Tableau 2 - No. 9. Waltz Of The Snowflakes
C1.a	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 10. Scene - The Magic Castle
C1.b	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 11. Clara And Nutcracker Appear
C1.c	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 12. Divertissement; A. Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
C2	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 12. Divertissement; B. Coffee (Arabian Dance)
C3	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 12. Divertissement; C. Tea (Chinese Dance)
C4	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 12. Divertissement; D. Trepak (Russian Dance)
C5	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 12. Divertissement; E. Dance Of The Mirlitons (Reed Pipes)
C6	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 12. Divertissement; F. Clowns Dance
D1	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 13. Waltz Of The Flowers
D2	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 14. Pas De Deux
D3	Act 2, Tableau 3 - Variation 1 (Tarantelle)
D4	Act 2, Tableau 3 - Variation 2 (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
D5	Act 2, Tableau 3 - Coda
D6	Act 2, Tableau 3 - No. 15. Final Waltz And Apotheosis

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Victoria Hall, Geneva
• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
• Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

• Composed By – Tchaikovsky*
• Conductor – Ernest Ansermet
• Engineer [Uncredited] – Roy Wallace
• Mastered By – E
• Orchestra – L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
• Photography By [Ballet Sequence Photos] – Houston Roger*
• Photography By [Photo Of Ernest Ansermet] – Arnold Behr
• Producer [Uncredited] – James Walker
• Sleeve Notes – Michael Williamson

Notes

LABELS:
- 'K/T' printed above upside-down matrix numbers
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "Made in England" at 11 o'clock
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1959"
- '33⅓' speed indication
- Decca 'Muscial Notes' logo on all sides

SLEEVE:
- Gatefold sleeve that opens to the top
- Front and back are laminated
- 8 page booklet stapled inside the gatefold
- No printing date inside the gatefold or booklet.
- Booklet pages black & white print: no blue
- Back of the gatefold and the first page inside don't show any print
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo in a box on front and without a box inside the gatefold
- No "Made and printed etc."

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded October or November 1958 in the Victoria Hall, Geneva
- Side numbers are in auto-coupled order (LP 1: 1,4 / LP 2: 2,3)
- Track titles taken from labels; the track titles printed in the gatefold differ slightly
- Track B.b is missing the word "Nutcracker" in "[...]Nutcracker Wins Battle[...]" on label

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - stamped): ZAL-4221-1E
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - stamped): ZAL-4222-1E
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side C - stamped): ZAL-4223-1E
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side D - stamped): ZAL-4224-1E

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SXL 2092-3	Tchaikovsky*, Ansermet*	Tchaikovsky*, Ansermet* - The Nutcracker (Casse-Noisette - Complete Ballet) ‎(2xLP, Gat)	Decca	SXL 2092-3	UK	1959
6.42424 AH	Peter Tschaikowsky*	Der Nussknacker, Op. 71 - Auszüge ‎(LP)	Decca	6.42424 AH	Germany	1959
STS15433-4	Tchaikovsky*, Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande	Tchaikovsky*, Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande - The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet) ‎(2xLP)	London Records	STS15433-4	US	1959
CSA 2203	Tchaikovsky*, Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande	Tchaikovsky*, Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande - The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet) ‎(2xLP)	London Records	CSA 2203	US	1959
SXL 2092-3	Tchaikovsky*, Ansermet*	Tchaikovsky*, Ansermet* - The Nutcracker (Casse-Noisette - Complete Ballet) ‎(2xLP + Box)	Decca	SXL 2092-3	Spain	1959