Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Experience Edition) – Berliner Philharmoniker/ Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) – review

(EMI Classics)Complete with well illustrated 52-page booklet and a touching introduction by Simon Rattle explaining how, after initial resistance, he came to love Tchaikovsky's music, this complete Nutcracker ballet is glorious. The quality of the Berliners' playing is unrivalled, with some of the best woodwind you'll ever hear. Strings are warm and precise, with cellos unfurling passionately in the Pas de Deux. Brass, too, is golden-toned and characterful. Act I was recorded in the studio, Act ...

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