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The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.
Gustavo Dudamel conducted the London Philharmonia Orchestra for the film score, that was recorded at the Abbey Road Studios, London. Howard adapted excerpts from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (1892), besides composing original music. [2] The adaptation of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" is performed by piano soloist Lang Lang.
The Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for Columbia Records in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of the 1892 ballet "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
For a complete list of Tchaikovsky's works, including those without opus numbers, see here. [1] For more detail on dates of composition, see here. [2] Op. 1 Two Pieces for piano (1867) Scherzo à la russe in B ♭ major; Impromptu in E ♭ minor; Op. 2 Souvenir de Hapsal, 3 pieces for piano (1867) Op. 3 The Voyevoda, opera (1868)
Their popularity grew in the 19th century and spread throughout Europe, prompting Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann to pen a children's short story in 1816 called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
Original cast in the Imperial Ballet's original production of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, December 1892 "Tchaikovsky was made for ballet," writes musicologist David Brown [4] Before him, musicologist Francis Maes writes, ballet music was written by specialists, such as Ludwig Minkus and Cesare Pugni, "who wrote nothing else and knew all the tricks of the trade."
Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Petipa and Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often performed in the United States. Conceived for the New York City Ballet , its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center , New York, with costumes by Karinska , sets by Horace Armistead ...
Tschaikowsky's Nutcracker Suite In Dance Tempo is a studio album of phonograph records released by bandleader Freddy Martin, featuring Ray Austin arrangements of Romantic-era Classical composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's suite from the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker.