Scan the qr code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some monero. Tchaikovsky, ansermet the nutcracker cassenoisette. The famed nutcracker ballet by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky will be presented for the first time in its entirety in new delhi as the grand culmination of the festival of russian culture in india. Compared with the vintage handling of the old ballet masters ansermet, dorati, mravinsky, the classiccut transatlantic dash. Their recordings of tchaikovskys ballets combine symphonic clarity with high emotion, full of the drama that comes with performing these rich scores in their true home. Originally he was a mathematics professor, teaching at the university of lausanne. Dance of the toy flutes from the nutcracker suite royal opera house orchestra, covent garden conducted by ansermet from lp victor ls2270 japanese pressing. The story was based on a childrens fairy tale by e. This is the complete nutcracker ballet as conducted by ansermet for decca, a record that sets a. The recording of the complete nutcracker is just one example of their particular skills. With his passion for precision, he became, over time, one of the composers most trusted interpreters, giving the premieres of the capriccio for piano and orchestra 1929, with stravinsky at the keyboard and the. The music in the nutcracker ballet is very light and sweet. The nutcracker ballet was the first work by a major composer which made use the celesta like a piano, but more glassy.
Slacken the pulse for a moment, take your eye off entries, fail to believe in its fantasy world, and it can only too easily fall apart. In this double album you will hear the delightfully varied ballet music in its entirety and not just the usual highlights. It uses the high parts of the orchestra and clever combinations of woodwind instruments to create a dolllike fantasy soundworld. The mono maven surveys complete recordings of tchaikovskys. Just in time to bell off the start of the coming holiday season this winter, arrives this complete twodisc set of the tchaikovsky nutcracker ballet music. Even if you are only halfpaying attention to it, you can still. Decca released this two record album set 468,468a as a memorial to ansermet after his death in 1969. Each of the three finds ansermet completely sympathetic, and his faculty for taking seriously music that others treat lightly makes these wonderfully rewarding performances.
Each ballet, of course, has its share of drama, and even of emotion. Ansermet was a great ballet conductor and his balletistic treatment to the suites works excellent. Cw 14, is a fairy ballet in 2 acts and 3 scenes, written and orchestrated by tchaikovsky between february 1891 and april 1892. Gergiev and his kirov company need no reminding of the fact. Ansermets recording of the nutcracker is in a league of its own and many will find fascinating his own sequencing of numbers from swan lake and the sleeping beauty. Fortune favours the bold ernest ansermet on inner magazines beginners luck can. You can get it plain, as it were two discs, mostly the music or you can get it fancy, all dolled up in book presentation, styled in a high manner worthy of gift giving to people of all ages. It was written for the 1910 paris season of sergei diaghilevs ballets russes company. Tchaikovsky the nutcracker ballet trumpet excerpts.
Shchelkunchik listen help info is an 1892 twoact ballet fairy ballet. The second record is a recording of ansermet rehearsing the firebird, quite fascinating to hear how he works with the orchestra with great. Further the choice of subject for the new ballet had been made for him. Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky 18401893 the nutcracker, op. A musician of catholic taste, ansermet was a reliable, insightful interpreter of composers from mozart to martin. Colouring, projection, riotous textural overspill from 77. Ansermets recording of the nutcracker is in a league of its own and many will find fascinating his own sequencing of. Ansermet tchaikovsky nutcracker decca sxl 20923 wb 2 lp set. The national ballet of canada created a version of the firebird for television, occasionally rebroadcast, in which special effects were used to make it appear that the firebird is in flight. Classical notes classical classics tchaikovsky swan. Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, details allmusic.
When the evenings grow longer, the autumn leaves begin to fall and jack frost calls during the night, then it is time to conjure up the magic world of tchaikovskys nutcracker while relaxing in front of a crackling fire. Title page, contents, instrumentation, and overture act i, no. Ballet favourites major classics cd one tchaikovsky. Orchestras and ballet companies have made fortunes performing the perennially wonderful music and telling the story. The firebird complete ballet ernest ansermet new philharmonia orchestra kingsway hall, november 1968 this is the last recording of amsermet 18831969. Tchaikovsky waltz of the flowers from the nutcracker. I usually bin the idea of listening to the suite, be it nutcracker or firebird both russian fairy tales sound much better in their original, full guise. New listing stravinsky the firebird ernest ansermet. Ansermet recorded the firebird once more in 1968 with the new philharmonia orchestra in london. Tchaikovsky nutcracker ansermet 180g import vinyl 2lp. In this double album you will hear the delightfully varied ballet music in. The sound of this early stereo recording is still very good, if not state of the art, and it is available at rockbottom. Vinyl records by tchaikovsky tchaikovsky,swan lake,symphony no. The suite from sleeping beauty lies between the authenticity of the nutcracker suite and the uncertain origin of the swan lake suite after the ballet was introduced tchaikovsky sensed public interest but was afraid that, as an author, he invariably makes mistakes in the appraisal of his creations and couldnt choose excerpts because the.
Pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky the nutcracker major classics. Its rich, sweet and tubey magical in the tradition of all the best ansermet recordings from the era. The nutcracker cassenoisette complete ballet discogs. At the center of this 6cd set are the three ballets of sparkling beauty that stand among tchaikovsky s greatest achievements. For 50 years he directed an orchestra that was secondrate in tone and technique, yet ernest ansermet drew performances from it that cut right to the heart of the music. This is a very enjoyable cd that would please any tchaikovsky collection. After the grand success of his first ballet, the firebird, the public. Telarc firebird and polovetsian dances robert shaw atlanta symphony. It was to be a setting of alexandre dumas adaptation of e. The three 2cd tchaikovskyansermet sets, the sleeping beauty, the nutcracker and swan lake, represent his complete tchaikovsky recordings for decca. Beautifully played and masterfully approached, with the best sound ever in this reissue. The dream, the childlike wonder of the nutcracker, remains irrepressible. On the other hand, ansermet blows the waltz altogether. Peter ilyich tchaikovsky, nicolai rimskykorsakov, alexander.
At the center of this 6cd set are the three ballets of sparkling beauty that stand among tchaikovskys greatest achievements. The mono maven surveys complete recordings of tchaikovskys nutcracker. October 1958, victoria hall, geneva, switzerland major classics m2cd001 42. Reviews of some of the original recordings that make up this set.
Tchaikovsky insisted the work was unsuitable as the framework for a ballet, but set to work on it. Most of us have seen at least one production of this ballet. Aug 07, 2019 ernest ansermet nhk symphony orchestra 1964. Tchaikovsky, ansermet the nutcracker 2lp sxl 209293 speakers corner. Transferred from a london 4track tapedate of recording. Ernest ansermet introduced stravinskys three early big ballets to the u. Stravinsky the firebird ansermet lp decca sxl 2017 audiophile. The nutcracker tells a story about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on christmas eve and wages a battle against the evil mouse king. Their recordings of tchaikovsky s ballets combine symphonic clarity with high emotion, full of the drama that comes with performing these rich scores in their true home. His last recording, of stravinskys the firebird, was made in london with the. The nutcracker, swan lake, etc ansermet music cd album at cd universe, ernest ansermet, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping.
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