Notes and Editorial Reviews
The Nutcracker suite has emerged spic and span and vividly coloured and only in the "Waltz of the Flowers" is the ear drawn to a certain glossiness in the violins. Of course the orchestral playing is quite splendid (the characteristic dances are a delight).
– Gramophone [4/1988], reviewing the Nutcracker Suite previously reissued as part of DG 423225
The Nutcracker suite has emerged spic and span and vividly coloured and only in the "Waltz of the Flowers" is the ear drawn to a certain glossiness in the violins. Of course the orchestral playing is quite splendid (the characteristic dances are a delight).
– Gramophone [4/1988], reviewing the Nutcracker Suite previously reissued as part of DG 423225 Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Russia
Date of Recording: 1971
2.
Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia
Date of Recording: 1971
3.
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1966
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