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The Nutcracker / music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; adapted by Stephen Simon ; [script by Jim Weiss ; illustrator, Ashley Wolff.]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: SSD1015 | Maestro ClassicsSeries: Stories in musicPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Maestro Classics : Simon & Simon, [2015]Description: 1 audio disc (58 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 cm.)Content type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Overture (1:37) -- Christmas Party (3:01) -- Children's March (1:49) -- Parents Dancing (1:57) -- Drosselmeyer's Mechanical Dolls (1:58) -- Clara, Fritz and the Nutcracker (3:02) -- Grandfather's Dance (1:58) -- Good Night - The Christmas Tree Grows (6:44) -- Battle with the Mouse King (3:21) -- Nutcracker Becomes Handsome Prince (2:25) -- Snowy Walk to the Land of the Sweets (4:14) -- Sugar Plum Fairy Welcome (3:56) -- Spanish Dance (1:13) -- Arabian Dance (3:31) -- Chinese Dance (0:59) -- Russian Dance (1:08) -- Dance of the Reed Pipes (1:22) -- Mother Ginger (2:43) -- Waltz of the Flowers (4:39) -- Sugar Plum Fairy Pas de Dex (4:51) -- Clara Back Home (1:57).
Production credits:
  • Producer, Alan Wonneberger.
Features London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Stephen Simon, conductor ; Jim Weiss, narrator.Summary: It is Christmas eve and Clara and Fritz's parents are throwing their annual holiday party. The mysterious guest, the toymaker Herr Drosselmeyer, arrives with life-size dancing dolls to entertain the family and their guests, but he saves his most special gift for his god-daughter Clara, a nutcracker doll. That night, the tree begins to grow, the toy soldiers and the Mouse King have a battle, and Clara's nutcracker turns into a handsome prince! This child-friendly adaptation of the complete ballet score is given a beautiful retelling of the story by Jim Weiss, America's premiere storyteller. A one-hour version of the world's most famous ballet, it is sure to delight young and old alike.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's CD Children's CD Main Library Children's CD Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Checked out 06/27/2024 33111008673135
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This one-hour version of the world's most famous ballet, where Clara receives a nutcracker for Christmas and wonderful things begin to happen, will delight young and old alike.

Features London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Stephen Simon, conductor ; Jim Weiss, narrator.

Producer, Alan Wonneberger.

"A classic with orchestra & narrator"--Container.

Program notes, biographical information about the composer and performers, text and activities in accompanying booklet.

Ages 5 & up.

Compact disc.

It is Christmas eve and Clara and Fritz's parents are throwing their annual holiday party. The mysterious guest, the toymaker Herr Drosselmeyer, arrives with life-size dancing dolls to entertain the family and their guests, but he saves his most special gift for his god-daughter Clara, a nutcracker doll. That night, the tree begins to grow, the toy soldiers and the Mouse King have a battle, and Clara's nutcracker turns into a handsome prince! This child-friendly adaptation of the complete ballet score is given a beautiful retelling of the story by Jim Weiss, America's premiere storyteller. A one-hour version of the world's most famous ballet, it is sure to delight young and old alike.

Overture (1:37) -- Christmas Party (3:01) -- Children's March (1:49) -- Parents Dancing (1:57) -- Drosselmeyer's Mechanical Dolls (1:58) -- Clara, Fritz and the Nutcracker (3:02) -- Grandfather's Dance (1:58) -- Good Night - The Christmas Tree Grows (6:44) -- Battle with the Mouse King (3:21) -- Nutcracker Becomes Handsome Prince (2:25) -- Snowy Walk to the Land of the Sweets (4:14) -- Sugar Plum Fairy Welcome (3:56) -- Spanish Dance (1:13) -- Arabian Dance (3:31) -- Chinese Dance (0:59) -- Russian Dance (1:08) -- Dance of the Reed Pipes (1:22) -- Mother Ginger (2:43) -- Waltz of the Flowers (4:39) -- Sugar Plum Fairy Pas de Dex (4:51) -- Clara Back Home (1:57).

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