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Tchaikovsky by Arrangement: The Nutcracker & the Mouse King (Music with Narration)

Tchaikovsky by Arrangement: The Nutcracker & the Mouse King (Music with Narration)

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Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, which has its origins in a novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann, contains some of the best-loved music ever written. But its composer wasn’t very happy with it, perhaps because the plot he was given to work with allowed him to present only a series of dances, losing the moral basis of Hoffman’s surprisingly modern tale, with its messages of inclusivity and what is now called ‘women’s agency’ – here it is the little girl who saves the prince. Hoffmann’s aspirational story continues well after the ballet ends, with the little girl, now grown up, marrying the prince, who is now king. John Mauceri has brought the ballet back to its inspiration, calling on music from elsewhere in Tchaikovsky’s orchestral output to fashion this ‘re-telling’, marrying Hoffmann’s text and Tchaikovsky’s music for the first time.

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Product Description:


  • Release Date: October 06, 2023


  • UPC: 5060113447043


  • Catalog Number: TOCC0704


  • Label: Toccata


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, John Mauceri


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra


  • Performer: Alan Cumming