Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23

Release Date: 30th Jun 2017
Catalogue No: CGC034-2
Label: CuGate Classics
Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I

Work length45:24

Nodar Gabunia
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Djansug Kakhidze

Overture

Track length3:05

No. 1, Scene (The Christmas Tree)

Track length4:24

No. 2, March

Track length2:22

No. 3, Children's Gallop and Dance of the Parents

Track length2:16

No. 4, Dance Scene (Arrival of Drosselmeyer)

Track length5:53

No. 5, Scene and Grandfather Waltz

Track length6:22

No. 6, Scene (Clara and the Nutcracker)

Track length6:40

No. 7, Scene (The Battle)

Track length3:22

No. 8, Scene (A Pine Forest in Winter)

Track length3:53

No. 9, Waltz of the Snowflakes

Track length7:07

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 10, Scene (The Magic Castle in the Land of Sweets)

Work length4:57

Nodar Gabunia
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Djansug Kakhidze

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I

Work length39:23

Nodar Gabunia
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Djansug Kakhidze

No. 11, Scene (Clara and Nutcracker Prince)

Track length4:54

No. 12, Divertissement

Track length12:47

No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

Track length6:48

No. 14, Pas de Deux

Track length9:09

No. 15, Final Waltz and Apotheosis

Track length5:45

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Work length35:39

Nodar Gabunia
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Djansug Kakhidze

I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

Track length21:32

II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo

Track length7:04

III. Allegro con fuoco

Track length7:03

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This new release is the sequel to the Djansug Kakhidze Legacy. The first five volumes were released in 2015 as a reminiscence of the famous Georgian conductor Djansug Kakhidze on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He belonged to the small but highly prestigious group of Eastern European conductors who set up a cultural counterdraft to the political conflicts in the times of the cold war. He conducted almost every A class symphony orchestra in his hemisphere and became a much-vaunted advocate of late romantic orchestral repertoire. Mvravinsky adored him for his Tchaikovsky interpretations and the Neue Zurcher Zeitung called him respectfully “the Georgian Karahjan.” And indeed, although most comparisons go lame there were some similarities: the economical gestures, the endless working on sound perfection, the passion for big dynamics and a great affection for the Golden Age of classic and romantic music. But unlike Karajan he did not only put most of his emphasis on the

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23

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