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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Tchaikovsky (1892) The Nutcracker by Mariinsky Theater Ballet & Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1892) Щелкунчик (Shchelkunchik) The Nutcracker 
Ballet in 3 acts by Vasily Vainonen 
on a libretto by Marius Petipa based on E.T.A. Hoffmann 
Mariinsky Theater Ballet and Orchestra / Valery Gergiev conductor 
Set design: Simon Virsaladze 
2017


Ouverture 

Act I 

    First Set 

1. Decorating the Christmas tree - Entrance of the guests 

2. Walk 

3. Children's canter - Parents' entrance 

4. Arrival of Drosselmeyer - Distribution of gifts 

5. The Nutcracker - Grandfather's Dance 

6. Scene - Departure of the guests - Night - Clara and the Nutcracker 

7. Scene - The Battle 

    Second Set 

8. Scene - A fir forest in winter 

9. Waltz of Snowflakes 

Act II 

    Third Set 

10. The enchanted palace of the Kingdom of Delights 

11. The arrival of the Nutcracker and Clara 

12. Entertainment: I. Chocolate - Spanish dance II. Coffee - Arabic dance III. Tea - Chinese dance IV. Trepak - Russian dance V. Dance of the mirlitons VI. Mother Gigogne and the punches 

13. Waltz of Flowers 

14. Pas de deux - Dance of the Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy I. Andante maestoso II. Variation for the dancer - Tarantella III. Variation for the dancer - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 

Coda 

15. Final Waltz and Apotheosis


Thursday, February 13, 2025

Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations & Song Transcriptions


Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873-1943):

[0:00:00] Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22 (1902-1903) 

[0:31:26] 6 Romances, Op. 3: III. In the Silence of the Secret Night (1916) 

[0:34:35] 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair this Spot (1900-1902) 

[0:37:09] Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: III. Mélodie (1892) 

[0:41:26] 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle (1894) 

[0:45:44] Fragments, Op.posth. (1917) 

[0:47:56] 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalise (1912-1915) 

[0:54:15] All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart (1915)

[0:58:41] 6 Romances, Op .38: V. The Dream (1916) 


Friday, December 22, 2023

Trio Gaspard @ Wigmore Hall

Trio Gaspard — Live from Wigmore Hall
Trio Gaspard: 
Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin / Vashti Hunter cello / Nicholas Rimmer piano 
2023-11-12 Wigmore Hall, London


JOSEPH HAYDN (1788-1789) Piano Trio in E minor HXV/12 

JOSEF SUK (1874-1935, cze) Elegie Op. 23 

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1892) Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166, 'Dumky'



오랜만에 공부했더니 기분만 좋고 몸이 전혀 안 따라 줘서, 폼만 잡다가 괜히 날 샘. 😥


Monday, March 20, 2023

Lukas Geniušas (2015) Rachmaninoff: Preludes

Lukas Geniušas piano
2013-03-25 recorded @ Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory
(P) 2015 Piano Classics 


[0:00] Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1892) Пьесы Фантазии (Pyesy Fantazii; Morceaux de fantaisie), Op. 3: No. 2. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor

[3:48] Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1903) Ten Preludes, Op. 23

[35:58] Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1910) Тринадцать прелюдий (Trinadtsat' prelyudiy; Thirteen Preludes), Op. 32 


Thursday, December 01, 2022

Blumenfeld: 24 Preludes Op. 17


Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931, rus):

[0:00] 24 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier I (1892) 

[12:50] 24 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier II (1892) 

[25:46] 24 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier III (1893) 

[42:15] 24 Préludes, Op. 17, Cahier IV (1894) 

[54:41] Etude pour la main gauche seule, Op. 36 (1905) 

[59:35] Etude de concert, Op. 24 (1897) 


Monday, December 20, 2021

Duke Ellington (1960) The Nutcracker Suite

Duke Ellington (1960) The Nutcracker Suite 
from the original: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1892) Щелкунчик (Shchelkunchik) — соч. 71 
(The Nutcracker, Op. 71)


Overture / Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes) / Peanut Brittle Brigade (March) / Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) / Entr'acte / Volga Vouty (Russian Dance) / Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance) / Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) / Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)


Sunday, December 19, 2021

Tchaikovsky (1892) The Nutcracker, Op. 71

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1892) Щелкунчик (Shchelkunchik) — соч. 71 (The Nutcracker, Op. 71)
based on E. T. A. Hoffmann (1816) Nussknacker und Mausekönig 
(The Nutcracker and the Mouse King) 호두까기 인형 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / David Maninov




Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1892) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker, Op. 71
Nina Kaptsova / Bolshoi Ballet 2010 


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Valery Gergiev conductor / Vasily Vainonen choreography / Benjamin Tyrrell stage & costumes
2012-12 St Petersburg





Berliner Philharmoniker / Mstislav Rostropovich 
(P) Deutsche Grammophon