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TCHAÏKOVSKI - DUKE ELLINGTON The Nutcracker, Suites (classical ballet and jazz band version from 1960) Harmonie Ensemble / New York, Steven Richman
0h54
1 CD
HMU907493
Reviving the art of “swinging the classics”, Steven Richman and the Harmonie Ensemble/New York present two different versions of the beloved Nutcracker Suite side by side on the same album for the first time: the Tchaikovsky original of 1892, followed by the 1960 jazz remake masterminded by the American dream team of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Compare and contrast!
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Artists
- Harmonie Ensemble / New YorkSymphony Orchestra
- Steven RichmanConductor
Composers
- Duke Ellington
Contents
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY [1840-1893] Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a · Overture (3'12) · March (2'25) · Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (1'37) · Trépak (Russian Dance) (1'10) · Arabian Dance (3'30) · Chinese Dance (1'05) · Dance of the Mirlitons (Reed Flutes) (2'19) · Waltz of the Flowers (6'34) DUKE ELLINGTON Nutcracker Suite · Overture (3'19) · Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes) (2'29) · Peanut Brittle Brigade (March) (4'48) · Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) (3'03) · Entr'acte (1'56) · The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance) (2'53) · Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance) (2'55) · Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) (4'07) · Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance) (5'53)
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