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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Author of Tchaikovsky : Symphony no.6 in B minor, Op.74 [sound recording]

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One of Russia's greatest composers, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, Russia. He received a good early education; his instructors included a French governess and a music teacher. When he was 10 years old, the family moved to St. Petersburg, and Tchaikovsky continued his studies, show more although his musical talent did not seem particularly great. Nevertheless, he continued to study music and graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1865. From there he went on to teach theory and composition at the Moscow Observatory from 1866 to 1877. A generous allowance from a wealthy patroness allowed Tchaikovsky to devote time to his own composition without financial worries. His first successful composition was Romeo and Juliet (1869), a fantasy overture in which Tchaikovsky used the sonata form, adapting it to the demands of the Shakespearean play and its characters. Soon after Tchaikovsky's short marriage in 1877 ended, he quit the observatory to devote all of his time to composition. In the years that followed, he wrote his most popular and well-known works. In all, Tchaikovsky wrote nine operas, six symphonies, many songs and short piano pieces, three ballets, three string quartets, and other works, including suites and symphonic poems. The operas Eugene Onegin (1879) and Queen of Spades (1890) were both adapted from stories by Aleksandr Pushkin (see Vol. 2). Among Tchaikovsky's best-known works are his last three symphonies---No. 4 in F minor (1877); No. 5 in E minor (1888); No. 6 in B minor, also known as the Pathetique (1893); and his three ballets---Swan Lake (1877), Sleeping Beauty (1889), and The Nutcracker (1892). Tchaikovsky's music is richly orchestrated, of great emotional intensity, and reflects the composer's melancholy nature and fatalism. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky : Symphony no.6 in B minor, Op.74 [sound recording] (1998) — Composer — 165 copies, 4 reviews
Eugene Onegin [audio recording] (2011) 81 copies, 3 reviews
Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 [full score] (1878) — Composer — 75 copies
The Nutcracker: Complete Ballet [sound recording] (2018) — Composer — 69 copies
Romeo and Juliet (1982) 33 copies, 5 reviews
Manfred Symphony [sound recording] (1989) — Composer — 32 copies
1812 Overture [sound recording] (1999) — Composer — 27 copies
Symphonies Nos. 1 - 6 [sound recording] (2008) — Composer — 26 copies
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake {1996 video recording} (1996) — Composer — 24 copies, 1 review
Violin concertos (Brahms, Tchaikovsky) (1995) — Composer — 22 copies
Eugene Onegin [full score] (1997) 22 copies
The diaries of Tchaikovsky, (1973) 21 copies
P.I. Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (1971) — Composer — 21 copies
The Story of Swan Lake: Stories in Music (2008) — Composer — 17 copies
The Nutcracker Suite (1980) — Composer — 14 copies
Waltz of the Flowers (1930) 13 copies, 1 review
Iolanta [sound recording] (2015) 13 copies
Eugene Onegin [libretto] (1879) — Librettist — 13 copies
Homage: The Age of the Diva (2006) 13 copies
Complete String Quartets (2013) 12 copies
The Nutcracker : Royal Ballet [2001 film] (2001) — Composer — 11 copies
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 (1992) 10 copies
Mazeppa (2008) 10 copies
Tchaikovsky: Gala in Leningrad (2012) — Composer — 9 copies
Nutcracker: Original 1986 Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986) — Composer — 9 copies
O Lago Dos Cisnes (2000) 8 copies, 1 review
The Nutcracker : Royal Ballet [2009 film] (2009) — Composer — 8 copies
The Nutcracker : Royal Ballet [1968 film] (1968) — Composer — 8 copies
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! {2003 video recording} (2003) — Composer — 8 copies
Symphony No. 3 ("Polish") (1981) 7 copies
The Ballets (1999) 7 copies
Symphonic Battle Scenes (1997) 7 copies
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons (1999) 7 copies
Signatures - Great Opera Scenes (1997) — Composer — 7 copies
Schwanensee. Buch und CD (2002) 6 copies
The Symphonies of Brahms and Tschaikowsky in Score (1935) — Composer — 6 copies
O LAGO DOS CISNES 6 copies, 1 review
The Sleeping Beauty : Royal Ballet [2006 film] (2008) — Music — 6 copies
Symphonies Nos. 1-3 (2012) 6 copies
The Sleeping Beauty : Royal Ballet [1994 film] (1997) — Composer — 6 copies
Nutcracker Suite for Guitar (1995) 5 copies, 1 review
Best of Tchaikovsky (1997) 5 copies
Elegie Elegante 5 copies
The best of Tchaikovsky (1997) 5 copies
Eugene Onegin 1879 (2006) 5 copies
Capriccio Italien 5 copies, 1 review
Marche Slave (2003) 5 copies
Iolanta 5 copies
Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki [video recording] (2010) — Composer — 5 copies
Boris Christoff: Melodies Russes [Russian Songs] (1992) — composer — 5 copies
Lo schiaccianoci (1989) 4 copies
The Nutcracker: Kirov Ballet [1994 film] (2000) — Composer — 4 copies
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / Francesca da Rimini (1993) — Composer — 4 copies
Legend (2008) — composer — 4 copies
Symphony No. 2 & The Tempest [sound recording] (1900) — Composer — 4 copies
Overture Opera Guides : Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin (2011) — Librettist — 4 copies
The Nutcracker : Royal Ballet [1985 film] (1985) — Composer — 4 copies
A Classic Love Affair (1994) 4 copies
Tchaikovsky Greatest Hits (1991) 4 copies
Complete Works VI (1999) 4 copies
Oprichnik (2003) 3 copies
Complete Songs Volume 1 (1999) 3 copies
The Christmas Album (1989) — Composer — 3 copies
Plaisir D'Amour 3 copies
Complete Songs 3 (2001) 3 copies
Cherevichki (The Slippers) [sound recording] (2000) — Composer — 3 copies
Nutcracker-Swan Lake -As- (1991) 3 copies
Swan Lake, (1987) 3 copies
Complete Songs 2 (2000) 3 copies
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (2009) 3 copies
Eugene Onegin [libretto : English only] (1986) — Librettist — 3 copies
The sleeping beauty. (2007) 3 copies
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A 3 copies, 2 reviews
None but the Lonely Heart 3 copies, 1 review
Nutcracker 3 copies
Arabian Dance 3 copies
Symphony Nos. 5 &6 "Pathetique" 3 copies, 2 reviews
Piano Sonatas 3 copies
Tchaikovsky: 18 Pieces (2005) 3 copies
Sleeping Beauty 3 copies
Tchaikovsky Adagios [sound recording] (2006) — Composer — 3 copies
Swan Lake (1970) 3 copies
Russian Romances (1991) 3 copies
Eugen Onegin 2 copies
Piano Music, Vol. 1 (2006) 2 copies
Tchaikovsky (1993) 2 copies
Swan Lake 2 copies
Debussy & Ravel (1999) 2 copies
Nutcracker Hlts 2 copies
Pater Noster 2 copies
Cherubim Song 2 copies
Piano Concertos (2010) 2 copies
The Swingin' Nutcracker [1960 studio album] (1960) — Composer — 2 copies
The Nutcracker Suite [1960 studio album] (1960) — Composer — 2 copies
Forty songs 2 copies
Sonatas (Music Scores) (1997) 2 copies
Nussknacker (Auszuege) (2006) 2 copies
Iolanta / Perséphone: El Teatro Real [2012 film] (2012) — Composer — 2 copies
The Nutcracker: The Bolshoi Ballet [film] (2011) — Composer — 2 copies
Dallas Brass Nutcracker (1996) 2 copies
Die Tagebücher (1992) 2 copies
Der Nussknacker + CD (2008) 2 copies
El Lago de los cisnes (2016) 2 copies
25 Classical Favorites (1996) 2 copies
Greatest Hits 2 copies
Gala (Music CD) 2 copies
Complete Concertos (2004) 2 copies
The nutcracker. 2 copies
Iolanta 2 copies
Swan Lake Suite 2 copies
A Classical Christmas (1993) 2 copies
Tchaikovsky 2 copies
Tchaikovsky: Songs (1993) 2 copies
Ballet Music 2 copies
Serenades 2 copies
The nutcracker ballet (2009) 2 copies
Tchaikovsky : The Queen of Spades [score : vocal] (1986) — Composer — 2 copies
Doornroosje (2006) 1 copy
Het zwanenmeer (2016) 1 copy
Rococo Variations [sound recording] (1992) — Composer — 1 copy
Suiten 1 2 (1993) 1 copy
Tchaikovsky: Music for Cello and Orchestra (1992) — Composer — 1 copy
Lionel Bringuier 1 copy, 1 review
Marche Slave 1 copy
Best of Cello [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Tschaikowsky Ballett-Gala 1 copy, 1 review
tchaikovsky: 1812 overture — Composer — 1 copy
Heifetz Plays Tchaikovsky and Franck — Composer — 1 copy
The Salzburg Concerts 1 copy, 1 review
Alice Sara Ott 1 copy, 1 review
Compositores 1 copy, 1 review
Clara and the nutcracker 1 copy, 1 review
apotheosis 1 copy, 1 review
waltz finale 1 copy, 1 review
plum fairy 1 copy, 1 review
Waltx of the snowflakes 1 copy, 1 review
In the pine forest 1 copy, 1 review
The battle 1 copy, 1 review
Grandfather's dance 1 copy, 1 review
arrival of Drosselmeyer 1 copy, 1 review
march 1 copy, 1 review
overture 1 copy, 1 review
Nutcracker Selections (1995) 1 copy
Seasons (1992) 1 copy
A Classic Christmas (1990) 1 copy
Francesca Da Rimini (2003) 1 copy
Nutcracker (1999) 1 copy
Ballet for Children (2000) 1 copy
Ballet Masterpieces (2011) 1 copy
Waltzes 1 copy
PIANO C 1 copy
Majestic Thunderstorm (1994) 1 copy
Trios (1989) 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
Songs 1 copy
Mélodies 1 copy
Mazeppa 1 copy
Swan Lake (2 cd) (2003) 1 copy
Eugène Onéguine (1998) 1 copy
Tchaikovsky Edition (2014) 1 copy
Ballet Music 1 copy
Concertstück (2000) 1 copy
Eugen Onegin 1 copy
Pique dame. 1 copy
Eugene Oneguin (2007) 1 copy
Classics 1 copy
Kreisler Inspirations (2001) 1 copy
The Tempest [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Shakespeare Overtures (2002) 1 copy
Symphony no. 5 (2006) 1 copy
Marche Slav, Op. 31 1 copy, 1 review
Nutcraker Suite, Op 71A 1 copy, 1 review
Marche Slave 1 copy
String Quartets (2013) 1 copy
Fifth Symphony Theme — Composer — 1 copy
Romances 1 copy
Spectaculars 1 copy
In Church 1 copy
Tchaikovsky : Swan Lake [Excerpts] — Composer — 1 copy
The Seasons (2007) 1 copy
March slav. (2017) 1 copy
Dnevniki (2000) 1 copy
Tebe payem 1 copy
Dornroschen (1995) 1 copy
Ivry Gitlis [videorecording] (2007) — Composer — 1 copy
Tchaikovsky - Overtures & Fantasies — Composer — 1 copy
Return to Russia [sound recording] (1991) — Composer — 1 copy
Romance 1 copy
Overture. 1 copy
Piano music 1 copy
Concerto in D major, Op. 35 1 copy, 1 review
Concert No.1 1 copy
Ultimate Piano Concertos [sound recording] (2008) — Composer — 1 copy
The Nutcracker : Royal Ballet [2016 film] (2016) — Composer — 1 copy
The Nutcracker : Royal Ballet [2022 film] (2022) — Composer — 1 copy
Symphony 6 Pathetique (2006) 1 copy
The Nutcracker Suite [1993 studio album] (1993) — Composer — 1 copy
Pique dame 1 copy
Tschaikowsky's Nutcracker Suite in Dance Tempo (1942) — Composer — 1 copy
Kenwood Masterpieces (1991) — Composer — 1 copy
Smetana/Tchaikovsky (2008) 1 copy
Voyage à l'étranger (1993) 1 copy
The Very Best [1950-66] (2005) — composer — 1 copy
Polonais (2007) 1 copy
Pique Dame (1963) 1 copy
The Legendary Decca Recordings [1959-65] (2008) — composer — 1 copy
Lebendige Vergangenheit: Boris Christoff II (2007) — composer — 1 copy
The nutcracker — Composer — 1 copy
Song 1 copy

Associated Works

Sleeping Beauty [1959 film] (1959) — Original ballet — 1,217 copies, 4 reviews
Fantasia [1940 film] (1940) — Composer — 466 copies, 6 reviews
Fantasia / Fantasia 2000 (Double Feature Video) (2010) — Composer — 292 copies, 1 review
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (1993) 285 copies, 1 review
The Swan Princess [1994 film] (1994) — Original story — 187 copies, 3 reviews
Amiri and Odette: A Love Story (2009) 121 copies, 10 reviews
Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996) — Composer — 99 copies, 1 review
Fantasia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1940) — Composer — 90 copies, 1 review
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker [1993 film] (1993) — Composer — 68 copies
The New Church Anthem Book: One Hundred Anthems (1992) — Contributor — 57 copies
Care Bears Nutcracker Suite [1988 TV movie] (1988) — Composer — 25 copies
Sleeping Beauty: Original 1959 Motion Picture Soundtrack (1959) — Composer — 23 copies, 1 review
The Nutcracker (1983) — Music by — 20 copies
The Nutcracker [2010 film] (2011) — Original material — 17 copies
Night Castle (2009) — Composer — 16 copies, 1 review
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture [1986 film] (2011) — Composer — 15 copies, 1 review
Voice of the Violin [sound recording] (2006) — Composer — 14 copies
No One Cares (1991) — Songwriter — 13 copies, 1 review
Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Borodin: Quartets (1995) — Composer — 11 copies
Sleeping Beauty: The Legacy Collection (2014) — Composer — 8 copies
V for Vendetta: Music from the Motion Picture (2006) — Composer — 8 copies
Black Swan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010) — Composer — 7 copies
Schroeder's Greatest Hits (1992) — Composer — 7 copies
The Complete EMI Recordings [sound recording] (2007) — Composer — 6 copies
Fantasia: The Legacy Collection (2015) — Composer — 5 copies
Golden Classics: Classics for Relaxation — Composer — 4 copies
Icon (2009) 4 copies
Silly Classical Songs (2000) — Composer — 3 copies
Nutcracker Fantasy [1979 film] (1979) — Composer — 3 copies
Elmo and the Orchestra (2001) — Composer — 3 copies
Swan Lake [1981 film] (1981) — Composer — 3 copies
The Romantic Violin [sound recording] (2004) — Composer — 3 copies
A Window in Time, Vol. 2 (1999) — Composer — 3 copies
Exotic Dances from the Opera [sound recording] (1996) — Composer — 3 copies
Queen of Night, Maiden of Light (2009) — Composer — 3 copies
Vocalise: Russian Romances [sound recording] (2006) — Composer — 2 copies
Romance [sound recording] (2007) — Composer — 2 copies
Shakespeare in Music & Words (2016) — Composer — 2 copies
Sleeping Beauty: Songs and Story (2012) — Original ballet — 2 copies
Ports of Call (1997) 1 copy
Miscellaneous Chamber Works [score] — Composer — 1 copy
A Russian Night [video recording] (2010) — Composer — 1 copy
The Nutcracker [1973 short film] (1973) — Composer — 1 copy
Sesame Street: The Nutcracker (soundtrack) (2022) — Composer — 1 copy
The Hip Hop Nutcracker [2022 TV special] (2022) — Composer — 1 copy
The World's Greatest Classics, Vol. 2 (1993) — Composer — 1 copy
The World's Greatest Classics (1993) — Composer — 1 copy
Sesame Street: The Nutcracker [2022 TV movie] (2022) — Composer — 1 copy
Classical WETA Adagio: Volume Two — Composer — 1 copy
Cinema Classics 6 (2006) — Composer — 1 copy
Obsession [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
The best of ballet [Trax Music] — Composer — 1 copy
The Mighty Boris [sound recording] (2013) — composer — 1 copy
The World's Greatest Classics, Vol. 3 (1993) — Composer — 1 copy

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In his excellent commentary for this CD, David Brown points-out a biographical element which, though such things can sometimes be exaggerated, is pretty clearly demonstrated by the pairing of these pieces. Tchaikovsky made a pretty solid start in quartet-writing early in his career, but then, after three such excusions into that genre, left it, and almost all chamber music, for the larger forms of symphony and opera because of the increasing tumult of his life, and what he perceived (right show more or wrong) as the limitations lof the smaller forms to allow for his self-expression. Interesting theory. The sextet "SOUVENIR DE FLORENCE" gives some support to this, if only in the expanded instrumental resources Tchaikovsky chose to employ in this piece, whose title suggests something perhaps lighter than it really turns-out to be. Of-course, one wonders whether the composer's memories of that magical city were coloured by sexual adventures there. Was Florence then, as it has been recurrently over centuries, a lodestone for persons of free-form sexuality? Regardless, the recorded performance here shows these pieces to great advantage. Incidentally, how sad it is that the entire significant repertory for string sextet can be performed within four hours (Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg, Richard Strauss -- and JS Bach, if you stretch thing a little for the Sixth Brandenburg). show less
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Flute Classics is a nice selection of flute music. The pieces are more like etudes (practice exercises) than performance pieces. The repertoire is fair and covers a wide range of important composers (Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Mozart, Telemann, Brahms, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, etc.)
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Contains music from 18 of Tchaikovsky's most popular works plus stills and the story line from the 1945 movie..

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Alina Cojocaru Princess Aurora, Clara Stahlbaum
Ludwig Güttler Performer
Jonathan Cope Mouse King / Arabian Dancer, Sugar Plum Fairy's Prince
András Ligeti Conductor
dubourgevelyne Performer
Vilmos Fischer Performer
Sándor Falvai Performer
Bob Lockyear Producer
Greig Cooke Performer
Sarah Barron Performer
Peter Wohlert Conductor
dancelinesproduction Production company
Andrew Walkinshaw Performer [The Young Prince]
Jeff Baynes Cinematographer
Lesley Collier Pastorale, Sugar Plum Fairy
Bob Lockyear BBC executive producer
Fiona Morris Producer
Lee Boggess Performer
Michael Coleman Spanish Dance, Drosselmeyer
Ross Cooper Performer
Teresa Barker Performer
James Wills Executive producer [NVC Arts]
Barry Atkinson Peformer [Private Secretary]
andersonjacqui Performer
John Kelleher Producer
Arthur Hannes Performer
Costas Contributor
Allison Russo Designer
Martin Lubin Designer
Richard Wagner Conductor
John Lubbock Conductor
Béla Bánfalvi Conductor
Richard Osborne liner notes
Yadu Narrator
fischervilmos Performer
Mihaly Bacher Performer
Frederick Ashton Additional choreography
Federico Bonelli Prince Florimund, The Prince
Evgeny Mravinsky Conductor, Director
Vernon Handley Conductor
Ivan Putrov Nutcracker/Hans-Peter
András Kórodi Conductor
Christopher Wheeldon Additional choreography
Kurt Sandau Performer
Marco Ventura Illustrator
Wolfgang Basch Performer
Ricardo Cervera Nephew / Nutcracker
Roland John Wiley Production consultant
Phil Jowett Producer
Brett Morris Conductor
Saranne Curtin Performer [Sugar/Princess Sugar]
Ewan Wardrop Performer [Fritz/Prince Bon Bon]
Steven McRae The Prince
Keon Kessels Conductor
Itzhak Perlman Performer
Geoffrey Cauley Chinese Dancer
Mark Wells Producer
Bernd Heiser Performer
Vasily Vainonen Original choreography
Wayne Sleep The Nutcracker
Yo-Yo Ma Performer
Pavel Urbánek Conductor
Jessye Norman Performer
Charles Perrault Original story
Sarah Walker Interprète, Presenter
Peter Maniura Producer
Tom Jones Editor
Genesia Rosato Carabosse
Laszlo Kote Performer
Zoltán Solymosi Prince Florimund
Benazir Hussein Lilac Fairy
William Tuckett King Florestan
Marianela Nuñez Lilac Fairy
Viviana Durante Princess Aurora
David Drew Catalabutte
Tom McKinney Presenter
Guy Niblett Nutcracker / Hans-Peter
Philip Reed Editorial consultant
Olga Borodina Interprète
John Berry Foreword
Natalia Challis Contributor
John Storgårds Conductor
Caryl Emerson Contributor
Mark Henderson Lighting designer
John Allison Contributor
Julia Trevelyan Oman Set and costume designer, Designer
Robert Hupka photographer
Johnny Hodges Contributor
Bill Holman Contributor
Lou Levy Contributor
Harris Goldsmith liner notes
Mel Lewis Contributor
Entremont Soloist
Juan Tizol Contributor
Bud Shank Contributor
George Roberts Contributor
Frantz Soloist
Harvey Sachs liner notes
Booty Wood Contributor
Richie Kamuca Contributor
Aaron Bell Contributor
Sam Woodyard Contributor
Lawrence Brown Contributor
Bill Perkins Contributor
Harry Carney Contributor
Russell Procope Contributor
Jimmy Hamilton Contributor
Herbert Menges Conductor
Art Pepper Contributor
Jimmy Guiffre Contributor
Joe Mondragon Contributor
Josephine Reiniger Illustrator
Britt Woodman Contributor
Willie Cook Contributor
Paul Gonsalves Contributor
candoliconte Contributor
Tommasini Arranger
Nicholas Reyland Contributor
Alexander Campbell Hans-Peter / The Nutcracker
Sarah Crompton Contributor
Sergey Levitin Concert master
Fumi Kaneko Sugar Plum Fairy
Sae Maeda Clara
Mihály Bächer Performer
Joseph Sissens Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker
Andrew McGregor Presenter
Peter Jones Screen director
Nicholas Sergeyev Production after
Alexander Pushkin Original author
Pavel Urbanek Conductor
Oscar Levant Piano [Tchaikovsky]
Sacha Dench Contributor
Bennet Gartside Herr Drosselmeyer
Gábor Lehotka Performer
Joachim Dalitz Performer
Marc Soustrot Conductor
Kate Molleson Presenter
Katie Derham Presenter
Béla Bartók Composer
Károly Botvay Performer
Petroc Trelawny Presenter
Ben Gernon Conductor
Boris Gruzin Conductor
Hetta Howes Contributor
Dalia Stasevska Conductor
Shahidha Bari Presenter
Jac. van Steen Conductor
Florilegium Ensemble
Concerto Köln Orchestra
Robert Casadesus Piano [Ravel]
Nicolai Malko conductor
Lawrence Renes Conductor
Armin Thalheim Performer
hambitzergerald Performer
Eliahu Inbal Conductor
Ron Howell Choreography
Oliver Messel Designer
Monica Mason Production
Arthur Rubinstein Piano [Grieg]
Adrian Thomas Contributor
Moshe Atzmon Conductor
Yakov Kreizberg Conductor
Peter Farmer Additional designs
Jerzy Semkow conductor
Hans Pischner Performer
Mark Jonathan Lighting designer
Paolo Giacometti Piano, Harmonium
Elena Prokina Vocals [Tatyana]
Issay Dobrowen conductor
Georges Tzipine conductor
Herbert Kegel Conductor
János Rolla Conductor
Lauren Cuthbertson The Sugar Plum Fairy
Ninette de Valois Production after
Rolf Hind Contributor
Zoltán Kocsis Performer
Ton Koopman Performer
Seiji Ozawa Conductor, conductor
Fritz Reiner Conductor
Mariss Jansons conductor, Conductor
Simon Rattle Conductor
James Levine Conductor
Charles Munch Conductor
Steinberg Contributor
Riccardo Muti conductor, Conductor
Bryce Morrison liner notes
David Brown liner notes
Igor Markevitch Conductor
Emil Gilels Performer
Jean Sibelius Conductor
David Oistrakh Performer
Bernard Haitink Conductor
André Previn Conductor
Jascha Heifetz Performer
Nigel Kennedy Performer
Oistrakh Artist
Gil Shaham Performer
David Zinman Conductor
Charles Groves Conductor
John Pritchard Conductor
Newmarch Arranger, Translator
Auroro Duo Ensemble
Ari Rasilajnen Conductor
Henry Adolph Conductor
Minnesota Orchestra Orchestra, Performer
Laurenc Siegel Conductor
Paul Paray Conductor
Ernest Ansermet conductor
Richard Hickox Conductor
Lynn Harrell Performer
Leonard Slatkin Conductor
Brian Cant Narrator
Bystrík Režucha conductor, Conductor
Osmo Vänskä Conductor
Alexander Titov Conductor
Mark Ėrmler Conductor
Theodore Kuchar Conductor
Edo de Waart Conductor
Thomas Beecham Conductor
Adrian Boult Conductor
Kurt Sanderling Conductor
Andrew Manze Conductor
Willem van Otterloo Chef d'orchestre
Darrell Ang Conductor
Don Jackson Conductor
Daniel Harding Conductor

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