For those who need index 0:16 Miniature Overture 3:53 March 6:42 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 8:41 Russian Dance (Trepak) 10:03 Arabian Dance 13:56 Chinese Dance 15:16 Dance of the Mirlitons 18:00 Waltz of the Flowers 25:47 Russian Dance (Trepak) - Encore
Let's not underestimate this music. It is wholly original and contains the first ever appearance of the celeste - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. It's such wonderful music which I think we sometimes take it for granted. This is one of Tchaikovsky's last major works and his mastery of orchestration is unparalleled. Three cheers for Tchaikovsky and this lovely performance,
I remember hearing somewhere that Tchaikovsky himself really hated this piece. Funny how sometimes a composer's least favorite piece ends up being his/her most popular.
Yes and you can tell just by the body language of him and the rest of the musicians there is an EXCELLENT rappor with them. It is quite obvious they are all really enjoying themselves performing this. GREAT TEAMWORK!!!!!
Why many other conductors are unable to perform this music as sensible and as musically expressive as Conrad van Alphen proves that not every conductor is capable to really identify himself with the music which he is conducting. Conrad van Alphen is a genial conductor.
I am now a rich man having listened to such gorgeous music. This is sonic bliss. It touches the soul, revealing its depth. It touches us the way it should. God gave Tchaikovsky a message to deliver, and he did. I pity those who don't listen. More so, those who don't know how to listen.
*10:03** ARABIAN NIGHTS* Heard this for the first time while i was like 7-8 years old in the Tom and jerry movie but one day i suddenly remembered it and after some much of hard found this. I felt so nostalgic like i unlocked a old memory that was in my brain. It was like my first ASMR for me as a child. I really thank you for perfectly making this videos❤
RIGHTTT it is absolutely beautiful, reminds me of when that one Tom and Jerry in new york(or something) episode used it, I remember being amazed as a kid, listening to such beautiful music
My, what a wonderful piece and the whole gang is amazing. To all those were playing on the stage, if you're reading this, I have enjoyed your hard work. My ears are in heaven.
One of the finest renditions of this work I've heard. Too bad the audience coughing ruined the harp cadenza in Waltz of the Flowers. The Dutch smoke like trains, so I guess it could have been a lot worse.
That brings me to tears in the new normal !!!! I saw Nutcracker last Winter in Wiesbaden, now everything has changed... So sad ... But you gave me Hope !!! Thank you so much :)Its absolutly stunning !!!!
I have noticed that in other performances the tempo is faster. I'm in love with this version of Tchaikovsky's Masterpiece. Hats off to all the players and the conductor.
They're going to try and cancel culture Tchaikovsky would you believe that because of his Russian Culture? Just imagine The World without The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. All the rest. Crazy Times.
What a wonderful piece of music! I love this performance, especially Conrad's characterful conducting - the faces and gestures are so entertaining, I could watch this all day
Ik ben zeer bly te horen de orchestra and Conrad. I saw the balet 5 times in different countries with great dancers but it is a great pleasure to listen to the orchestral suite..
Casse-noisette est devenu, depuis sa création en décembre 1892, un véritable symbole musical. Le soir de Noël, Clara reçoit de son oncle un casse-noisette. Pendant la nuit, une merveilleuse féerie commence : dans le salon, les jouets s'animent et le casse-noisette se transforme en prince
🌹 In the realm of classical music, every composition is a masterpiece, a brushstroke on the canvas of auditory delight. The emotive power of each note connects us to the past, offering a glimpse into the artistic genius that defines this timeless genre. 🎨🎼
This performance, to me, seems very precise in it's reproduction of this timeless classic. I love the ambient noise of the chairs squeaking and the audience just being there. I think that there are just enough instruments here to get the job done. Nothing more, nothing less. The recording is again very precise and accurate.
Magnifica interpretación por esta prestigiosa orquesta sinfónica neerlandesa dirigida por Conrad van Alphen de la célebre Suite El Cascanueces compuesta por el genial compositor ruso P.I.Tchaikovsky. BRAVO !!! Saludos desde España.
I didn't know this: a mirliton is an eunuch flute or onion flute; a musical instrument of the woodwind family that was. originally used during the 16th and 17th centuries and. is still manufactured today resembling a kazoo.
This takes me back to my childhood and Daddy, with his Ampex set-up with speakers in all four corners of our living room and this is one of the compositions that he put on the Nutcracker Suite every Christmas in our household. I played piano and flute with orchestras later in life and enjoyed it immensely. It brings back memories and tears to my eyes when I listen now! My sister played the violin and piano -- all of us kids learned an instrument when very young. Daddy played a little bit of piano when a child, (about 8 notes!) but never lost his love for music, although he became a physician and surgeon, we always had music playing in the home. Some of my siblings continued to play their instrument, others pursued other interests, but when we came home for Christmas, this entire Nutcracker Suite composition was always played at some point during the yule season, and we loved it!
Tchaikovsky is my all time favorite composer, a tip from me: his violin concert performed by Janine Jansen. First Mr Perlman his performance was my favorite and then Janine came and took the first place in my heart.
anyone else love watching the cor anglais in orchestra performances mostly quietly looking at their feet or counting the bars until FINALLY it's their turn? let's hear it for the cor anglais
Siempre quedo sorprendido como es que los grandes compositores son atemporales, hacen que sus composiciones esten insertas en lo popular y en el entretenimiento actual .Hoy donde no es tan facil destacar sino eres grotesco o falto de talento
Conrad van Alphen is one of my favorite conductors. I love his expressive and genial style. His use of humor and looks of appreciation toward the orchestra are priceless. I also enjoy any conductor that doesn't simply crank out the beats with his baton, but rather uses the right hand for more minimalistic tempo guidance and his left hand for expression gestures. Beautifully done.
@mawgatewag I feel compelled to say that my experience of this conductor was quite the opposite. His gestures were over the top and hugely distracting from the music and the perfomances of the musicians; particularly considering that his hyperactive emotionalism was not in sync with the reverent joy that I experience when I listen to The Nutcracker Suite. Alphen comes across as an attention hog, a matter made worse by the director's lack of imagination. He mostly called only three camera shots: excessive exposure of Alphen, the first violins and the trombones. It is absolutely unforgivable that the camera(s) was not focused on the horns during their beautifully haunting passages in the waltz. Instead, we were forced to endure more of Alphen's mugging. We, and Tchaikovsky, deserved better!
@@mawgateway My "world sounds horrible" because I expresed an opinion about a conductor? Or does the "horror" lie simply in the fact that my experience was different from yours, and I dared to express it? Suffice it to say, mature adults can respectfully agree to disagree without resorting to petty and baseless insults; that you chose otherwise has its own peculiar "sound".
@@mawgateway There is absolutely nothing in my comments that in any way implies, and certainly does not state, that you are not allowed your opinion. However, you are not *owed* agreement. Self-expression is fundamental to being human. Allowing, accepting, and even valuing differences in expression are simple acts of graciousness and humility. Your demonstrated deficits in those qualities makes your offer of "blessings" a mockery of God, and totally meaningless. As for how my life sounds to you, I can't help but be amused that you think that I should, or do, care. LOL!
What a great eye you have there. Thanks for pointing that out. I could've missed it. You can tell this conductor takes his job very seriously, like he's right out of central casting. I enjoyed his (and the orchestra's) enthusiastic performance very much.
Maravillosa interpretación, no me canso de escucharla, Director y Músicos, lo mejor que he escuchado de esta suite, a la altura de Karajan en mi opinión.
I was raised travelling the world because my entire family is in music. My mother a world famous singer, my father a producer, my grandparents world famous musical writers, my grandfather specifically was a conductor, a jazz trumpeter who had his own band at Disneyland. I have something like a "photographic" musical memory and can perfectly memorize extremely complex pieces of classical and electronic music in one or two hearings. I had almost the entire Nutcracker Suite memorized by the time I was 10 or 11 years old, and I've heard many different orchestras perform it. All that to say... I'm pretty sure this is not only the best performance I've ever heard of the Nutcracker Suite. Whoever did the arrangement and production on this medley is absolutely incredible, and the players are flawless. There are consistent differences in this production that are so nuanced and brilliantly integrated that they probably go unnoticed by most listeners. Thank you. Edit: Listening further, I'm crying at how brilliant this is.
Rotterdam people were clearly ill. However, the conductor patiently waited for the coughings to subside before beginning a next segment. That, is civilization!
The conductors work is during rehearsal, the technical, lyric, harmonic, timbre (music voice blending), tempo and dynamics. This recording is a triumph! Time for a little fun with the awesome musicians who raised the bar. Enjoy.
I've never understood the purpose of a conductor. The musicians know what to play. When Metallica is on stage, they don't need a conductor to tell them what to play. The Beatles didn't need a conductor.
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Wonderful performance, and a pleasure to watch, partly because Tchaikovsky was such a great orchestrator, and it's fun to watch how he tosses the melodies from one section to another. This is one of those pieces of music that's even more fun when you know the back-story: that trumpet fanfare at the beginning was the bugle call that woke Tchaikovsky up every morning when he was staying in a hotel next to a military barracks. You or I would put in earplugs and go back to sleep, but that's why he was a genius and we're not; he'd get up and start composing. If you like "program music," the program for this piece goes something like this: Reveillez, wake up! It's a beautiful sunny morning in Rome, as the light creeps across the city. Now it's bright morning and we're off on a joyride through the Italian peninsula, to Florence to hear a Florentine folk song, then down to Taranto to dance the Tarantella! Finally, a magnificent sunset with the full orchestra getting into the act.
