Scherherazade/The Nutcracker Suite

On this CD:

1. Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Conducted by Leopold Stokowski

2. In the Manger (Traditional Slavic Christmas Music) Orchestrated by Stokowski
Composed by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

Conducted by Leopold Stokowski

3. Scènes de ballet, suite for orchestra in A major, Op. 52 Danse Oreintale
Composed by Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov

Conducted by Leopold Stokowski

4. Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Alexander Hilsberg
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski

Scherherazade/The Nutcracker Suite, Music, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Leopold Stokowski, Alexander Hilsberg, Christmas Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Orchestral, Suite for Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scherherazade; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scherherazade; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

Manufacturer: Cala Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000FDEL
Release Date: 1998-01-27

Tracks:

  1. The Nutcracker Ste: I. Miniature Ov
  2. The Nutcracker Ste: II. March
  3. The Nutcracker Ste: III. Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
  4. The Nutcracker Ste: IV. Trepak (Russian Dance)
  5. The Nutcracker Ste: V. Arab Dance
  6. The Nutcracker Ste: VI. Chinese Dance
  7. The Nutcracker Ste: VII. Dance Of The Flutes
  8. The Nutcracker Ste: VIII. Waltz Of The Flowers
  9. In The Manger
  10. Danse Orientale From 'Scenes De Ballet'
  11. Scheherazade: I. The Sea And Sinbad's Ship
  12. Scheherazade: II. The Story Of The Kalendar Prince
  13. Scheherazade: III. The Young Prince And Princess
  14. Scheherazade: III. Festival In Baghdad-The Sea-Shipwreck-Conclusion - Alexander Hilsberg

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars For "His" Fans.......2005-06-17

This Cala CD features 1947 performances by Stokowski, with "His Symphony Orchestra," of Liszt's tone poem "Les Preludes," the Sibelius "Swan of Tuonela" (with Mitch Miller on Cor Anglais), and selections from Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty." The transfers are slightly disappointing: my RCA LP of the Tchaikovsky has better sound than what is heard here.

The Liszt is a fine performance, though in stereo I prefer Scherchen (DG Westminster) and Silvestri (Disky). To my taste, the finest mono accounts are the Weingartner (IMG) and, best of all, the incomparable Mengelberg (Andante or Pearl). If memory serves, Stoky also conducted part of "Les Preludes" in the delightfully campy Hollywood film "100 Men and a Girl," staring Deanna Durbin.

Stokowski always delivered an eloquent Swan of Tuonela, though here I don't find soloist Mitch Miller all that expressive. All in all, Stoky's earlier Philadelphia account (best heard on a multi-disc Stokowski set on Andante) remains the ONE to own.

The Tchaikovsky here is fascinating. Some of it is rather poker-faced (the Pas' d'Action on track 8 misses the wonderfully buoyant lyricism of the classic Desormiere reading on Testament - but them so does everybody else's). But if you're a Stoky fan like me, you really HAVE to hear track 18 (the Pas de Quatre from Act III). Stoky stretches and teases the rubatos here in such a mannered fashion that any ballerina would have to defy the physical laws of gravity while attempting to dance with it. It is, in a word, OUTRAGEOUS!

Perhaps needless to say, all the playing is absolutely first-class and endlessly entertaining.

Recommended.

Jeff Lipscomb

Music Review:

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  2. Serenade for Strings Op 41
  3. Short Cuts
  4. Sirmen: The Six String Quartets
  5. Sounds of Celebration: Music of Michael Valenti
  6. Stokowski Conducts Schubert, Wagner, Brahms
  7. Storia
  8. Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Op66; Liszt: Préludes No3
  9. The Chopin Scherzos
  10. The View from Here

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