Track Listing

1. Overture
2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Dance of the Flutes
4. Scene
5. Waltz
6. Dance of the Swans
7. Scene 2
8. Hungarian Dance
9. III. Scherzo
10. 1. Adagio; Allegro non troppo
11. 2. Allegro con grazia
12. 3. Allegro molto vivace
13. II. Andante cantabile
14. Excerpt
15. Excerpt
16. June
17. II. Andantino simplice
18. Waltz
19. Excerpt
20. II. Waltz
21. Tempo di valso
22. Andante cantabile
23. III. Alegro vivacissimo
24. Excerpt

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8115 in Music
• Released on: 1996-08-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered

Customer Reviews

Good Introduction but poor quality
This is a good introduction to Tchaikovsky for the beginner that gives a broad sampling of his work. Considering the price, it's a good value if someone is just wanting to begin exploring classical music or Tchaikovsky in particular.
However, the sound quality on this albumn is quite poor and there are much higher quality Tchaikovsky recordings available.

Tchaikovsky's Greatest Pieces of Music
Here are some of Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky's greatest works. His Nutcraker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty ballets are the most famous in the repoirtaire. The Symphony No. 5 and 6 are very excellent symphonic orchestrations. However, despite all the good stuff in here from the Russian master, the performers and conductors cannot surpass the beauty and artistry that such Tchaikovsky music masters as Dorati, Markevitch and Ormandy are. So if you want quality Tchaikovsky, get those conductor renditions. However, for a Tchaikovsky beginner, these pieces will get you hooked. This is a good cd to begin with for a Tchaikovsky listener. I am a Tchaikovsky listener ever since a friend recommended his glorious works to me. I am a Mozart fan but Tchaikovsky is undoubtedly the greatest Romantic composer of all time. He combines Russian melodies (Russian dances, mazurkas, waltzes) and gives them a definite Western romantic feel. He was friends with such noted Romantic composers as Camille Saint Saens, known to create such marvelous music of the era- Carnival of the Animals (now popular through Dysney) and Danse Macabre, to name only a small portion. Tchaikovsky also adored Mozart and although he is not exactly a Classical composer, he greatly admires the beauty of Mozart's works. Three cheers for Tchaikovsky !

Good acquisition
Muy buena adquisición. Excelente opción para escuchar mientras estoy en la oficina, en el auto, leyendo o simplemente disfrutando de buena música clásica.