TY  - SOUND
AU  - Tchaikovsky,Peter Ilich
AU  - Simon,Stephen
AU  - Weiss,Jim
ED  - London Philharmonic Orchestra.
TI  - The Nutcracker
T2  - Stories in Music
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Maestro Classics, Simon & Simon
KW  - Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich,
KW  - Monologues with music (Orchestra)
KW  - Ballets
KW  - Excerpts
KW  - Suites (Orchestra)
KW  - Monologues (Music)
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Ballets (Music)
N1  - "A classic with orchestra & narrator"--Container; Program notes, biographical information about the composer and performers, text and activities in accompanying booklet; Compact disc; 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); Producer, Alan Wonneberger; Features London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Stephen Simon, conductor ; Jim Weiss, narrator; Ages 5 & up
N2  - 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
ER  -