Nutcracker suite : op. 71a (1892). Overture ; March ; Dance of the sugar plum fairy ; Trépak = Russian dance ; Arabian dance ; Chinese dance ; Dance of the mirlitons : (reed flutes) ; Waltz of the flowers / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (21:52) -- Nutcracker suite : 1960. Overture ; Toot toot tootie too : (Dance of the reed-pipes) ; Peanut brittle brigade : (march) ; Sugar rum cherry : (Dance of the sugar plum fairy) ; Entr'acte ; The Volga vouty : (Russian dance) ; Chinoiserie : (Chinese dance) ; Danse of the floreadores : (Waltz of the flowers) ; Arabesque cookie : (Arabian dance) (5:53) / Tchaikovsky ; arr. Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (31:23).
Note
Ballet suite (1st work) and jazz arrangement thereof (2nd work).
Harmonie Ensemble/New York ; Steven Richman, conductor ; featuring, in the 2nd work: Lew Tabackin, tenor saxophone ; Lew Soloff, trumpet ; Bill Easley, clarinet ; Victor Lewis, drums ; George Cables, piano.
Event
1st work recorded 2011 November and December DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Mary Flagler Cary Hall, New York City.
2nd work recorded 2010 September Avatar Studios, New York City.