A journey to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
Today's Music Map's destination takes us through wintery snowscapes towards The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is in charge of this particular musical sleighride, with plenty of festive stops along the way.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Warner.
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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Messe de Minuit - Agnus Dei
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.- Warner.
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Hugo Wolf
Schlafendes Jesukind (M枚rike-Lieder)
Singer: Lise Davidsen.- Decca.
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脡mile Waldteufel
Skaters' Waltz (Les Patineurs)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- UME.
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Sammy Cahn
The Christmas Waltz
Composer: Jule Styne. Singer: Peggy Lee.- CAPITOL.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker (Waltz of the Snowflakes)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: Libera. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons - Winter I. Allegro
Performer: Itzhak Perlman.- WARNER.
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Henry Purcell
Cold Song
Performer: Marnix Dorrestein. Music Arranger: Nora Fischer. Singer: Nora Fischer.- UMD.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.1 "Winter Daydreams" - III. Scherzo
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- EMI Eminence.
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Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Naxos.
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Franz Schubert
Gute Nacht (Winterreise)
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Hartmut H枚ll.- Warner.
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John Goss
See Amid the Winter's Snow
Lyricist: Edward Caswall. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- Argo.
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Ronald Binge
The Dance of the Snowflakes
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.- Marco Polo.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: December (Yuletide)
Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.- 袦械谢芯写懈褟.
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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Concerto for 5 Flutes in F Major
Ensemble: The Soloists Of Concert Spirituel.- Naxos.
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罢谤盲诲
The Angel Band
Music Arranger: Ruth Crawford Seeger. Ensemble: The Seeger Sisters. Choir: Children from South Boston Music School.- Folkways Records.
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Benjamin Britten
His Piety And His Marvelous Works
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Ensemble: Sawston Village College Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- King's College, Cambridge.
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Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast - From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
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