Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (2022)

Rozhdestvensky was the son of conductor Nikolai Anosov Rozhdestvensky and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya. A pupil at the Gnesin School of Music and the Moscow Conservatory school for children, he entered the Conservatory in 1941 to study conducting with his father and piano with Lev Oborin. While still at the Conservatory, Rozhdestvensky conducted Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker at the Bolshoi Theater. Following his graduation in 1954, he was appointed assistant conductor at the Bolshoi and in 1956 made his first visit to England with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Track List:
CD1
01. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Overture
02. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 1 No. 1. The Christmas Tree
03. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 1 No. 2. March
04. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 1 No. 3. Children's Galop & Arrival Of The Guests
05. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 1 No. 4. Dance Scene & Arrival Of Drosselmeyer
06. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I scene 1 No. 5. Scene & Grandfather's Dance
07. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 1 No. 6. The Magic Spell Begins
08. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 1 No. 7. The Battle Between The Nutcracker & The Mouse King
09. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 2 No. 8. Scene In The Pine Forest (Journey Through The Snow)
10. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Scene 2 No. 9. Waltz Of The Snowflakes

CD2
01. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 10. The Magic Castle
02. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 11. Clara & The Prince
03. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 12. Divertissement, Chocolate - Spanish Dance
04. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 12. Divertissement, Coffee - Arabian Dance
05. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 12. Divertissement, Tea - Chinese Dance
06. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 12. Divertissement, Trepak
07. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 12. Divertissement, Dance Of The Mirlitons
08. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 12. Divertissement, Mother Gigogne & The Clowns
09. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 13. Waltz Of The Flowers
10. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 14. Pas de Deux - Dance Of The Prince & The Sugar-Plum Fairy
11. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 14. Variation I - Tarantella
12. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 14. Variation II - Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
13. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 14. Coda
14. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Scene 3 No. 15. Final Waltz & Apotheosis