Description:

This affordable standard edition reissue will accompany Rattle & the Berlin Philharmonic's sixth tour of Japan in May 2016, after a two-and-a-half-year absence. A Christmas miracle made possible by the best conductor and orchestra! A blissful album in which a story seems to emerge from the sound of the orchestra. CD1] Studio recording [CD2] Live recording ●Commentary included ●Performances in Japan ●Recorded: December 29-31, 2009 / Philharmonie, Berlin [CD1] Studio recording [CD2] Live recording ●Commentary included ●Works in 2010

Tracklisting:

1 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 MINIATURE OVERTURE / SIMON RATTLE
2 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 1 NO.1 THE DECORATION OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE / SIMON RATTLE
3 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 1 NO.2 MARCH / SIMON RATTLE
4 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 1 NO.3 CHILDREN'S GALOP AND ENTRY OF THE PARENTS / SIMON RATTLE
5 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 1 NO.4 ARRIVAL OF DROSSELMEYER / SIMON RATTLE
6 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 1 NO.5 GRANDFATHER'S DANCE / SIMON RATTLE
7 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 1 NO.6 CLARA AND THE NUTCRACKER / SIMON RATTLE
8 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 1 NO.7 THE BATTLE / SIMON RATTLE
9 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 2 NO.8 IN THE PINE FOREST / SIMON RATTLE
10 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 1 SCENE 2 NO.9 WALTZ OF THE SNOWFLAKES / SIMON RATTLE
1 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.10 THE KINGDOM OF SWEETS / SIMON RATTLE
2 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.11 CLARA AND THE PRINCE / SIMON RATTLE
3 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.12 DIVERTISSEMENT A.CHOCOLATE:SPANISH DANCE / SIMON RATTLE
4 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.12 DIVERTISSEMENT B.COFFEE:ARABIAN DANCE / SIMON RATTLE
5 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.12 DIVERTISSEMENT C.TEA:CHINESE DANCE / SIMON RATTLE
6 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.12 DIVERTISSEMENT D.TREPAK:RUSSIAN DANCE / SIMON RATTLE
7 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.12 DIVERTISSEMENT E.DANCE OF THE REED PIPES / SIMON RATTLE
8 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.12 DIVERTISSEMENT F.MOTHER GIGOGNE / SIMON RATTLE
9 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.13 WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS / SIMON RATTLE
10 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.14 PAS DE DEUX INTRADA / SIMON RATTLE
11 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.14 PAS DE DEUX VARIATION 1:TARANTELLA / SIMON RATTLE
12 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.14 PAS DE DEUX VARIATION 2:DANCE OF THE SUGAR-PLUM FAIRY / SIMON RATTLE
13 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.14 PAS DE DEUX CODA / SIMON RATTLE
14 THE NUTCRACKER BALLET OP.71 ACT 2 NO.15 FINAL WALTZ AND APOTHEOSIS / SIMON RATTLE