All posts tagged Nutcracker

Stanford Robinson’s Nutcracker and Bransby Williams’s Scrooge

With Christmas nearly here, it’s time for my customary festive posting. On the orchestral side of things, Stanford Robinson conducts the Nutcracker Suite, and then there’s a feast of Dickensian recordings from Bransby Williams. Then as a non-festive bonus, a monologue from Wilfrid Brambell, best known as Albert Steptoe in Steptoe and Son. He apparently […]

Franz André conducts Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and Serenade for Strings

It’s been some time since my last update, but we were due something for Christmas. This is another Franz André LP on Telefunken, with works by Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite Op.71 I. Miniature Overture II. March III. Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy IV. Russian Dance (Trepak) V. Arabian Dance VI. Chinese Dance VII. Dance […]