The Nutcracker

The NutcrackerTchaikovsky's enchanting Christmas fairy tale is his most popular work and, along with Swan Lake, the world's most frequently performed ballet. The work is a masterpiece of orchestration (including the historic first use of the celesta, in Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) and is essential study for students of orchestral combinations and effects. Musicians will rejoice that previously difficult to find favorites like Waltz of the Snowflakes and Spanish

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