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Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker

Hannah French offers listeners a chance to hear at greater length the recordings reviewed and discussed in yesterday’s Record Review, including the recommended version of the Building a Library work, Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker in full.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 May 2020 20:30

Music Played

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Nobody's Jig (Country Dances, Book 1, No 5)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, D 44

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ALPHA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Piano Pieces Op 118 No 5, Romanze

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • DG.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Pelleas und Melisande, Op 5 (opening)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Orphee descendant aux Enfers

    Singer: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Singer: Philippe Froeliger. Singer: Lionel Meunier. Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis. Ensemble: Vox Luminis.
    • Alpha.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op 71

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Choir: Mariinsky Chorus. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Philips.
  • Trad.

    Whilst great is our poverty

    Composer: Cyrillus Kreek. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • ECM.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 May 2020 20:30