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'''''The Nutcracker Suite''''' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader [[Duke Ellington]] recorded for the [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of "[[The Nutcracker]]" by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]].<ref name="Panorama">[http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama] accessed May 27, 2010</ref> The album was rereleased on CD in as ''Three Suites'' along with Ellington's reworking of [[Grieg]]'s "[[Peer Gynt (Grieg)|Peer Gynt Suite]]" and "Suite Thursday" his tribute to John Steinbeck in 1990.
'''''The Nutcracker Suite''''' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader [[Duke Ellington]] recorded for the [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of "[[The Nutcracker]]" by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]].<ref name="Panorama">[http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama] accessed May 27, 2010</ref> The album was rereleased on CD as part of ''Three Suites'' along with Ellington's reworking of [[Grieg]]'s "[[Peer Gynt (Grieg)|Peer Gynt Suite]]" and "Suite Thursday" his tribute to John Steinbeck in 1990.
==Reception==
==Reception==
The [[Allmusic]] review awarded the album 4½ stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:azfexqugldje Allmusic Review] accessed May 27, 2010</ref>
The [[Allmusic]] review awarded the album 4½ stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:azfexqugldje Allmusic Review] accessed May 27, 2010</ref>

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The Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky.[1] The album was rereleased on CD as part of Three Suites along with Ellington's reworking of Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite" and "Suite Thursday" his tribute to John Steinbeck in 1990.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  1. "Overture" - 3:22
  2. "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)" - 2:30
  3. "Peanut Brittle Brigade [March]" - 4:37
  4. "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" - 3:05
  5. "Entr'acte" - 1:53
  6. "Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)" - 2:52
  7. "Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)" - 2:50
  8. "Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)" - 4:04
  9. "Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)" - 5:44
  • Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on May 26 (tracks 1 & 5), & 31 (track 2), June 3 (tracks 4 & 8), 21 (tracks 3 & 7) & 22 (tracks 6 & 9), 1960.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 27, 2010
  2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed May 27, 2010
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