Conductor Simon Rattle has known The Nutcracker since he was a kid, and with each passing year he becomes more fascinated with the music. On Thursday's Performance Today, Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in The Nutcracker "B-sides;" the sometimes overlooked, but still heart-tugging and toe-tapping dances from the rest of Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
DG 445775
Gabriel Faure: Ave Maria
Joshua Bell, violin
Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends
Sony 374318
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto C Major, RV 443 for recorder and strings
Kremerata Baltica; Michala Petri, recorder
Tivoli Garden Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Michala Petri 50th Birthday Concert Kremerata Baltica
OUR Recordings 8226905
Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Movements 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
EMI 46385
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contretanzes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Beethoven: Complete Orchestral Works
Simax PSC1281
Alexander Glazunov: Winter from The Seasons, Op. 67a
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Mykola Leontovych (arr. Jeffrey Shumway): Carol of the Bells
The 5 Browns
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60
Concerto Koln; Michael Guttler, conductor
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
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