The Nutcracker/Swan Lake: Pas de deux/Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

From: Fanfare | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker. Swan Lake: Pas de deux. Eugene Onegin: Polonaise * Alexander Vedemikov, cond; Bolshoi Theatre Children's Ch; Bolshoi Theatre O * PENTATONE 5186091 (2 Hybrid multichannel SACDs: 104:39)

It is difficult to imagine that anyone with a serious interest in Tchaikovsky's ballets would not have a complete recording of The Nutcracker. With the innumerable available recordings, past and present, many with sensational sound, any new version needs to be pretty special to make it worth purchasing. Having said that, a complete performance from the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra ...

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