- Duke Ellington Three Suites Holiday Jazz Classical CD
- Artist: Duke Ellington
- Audio CD (Oct 02, 1990)
- UPC: 074644682526
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Genre: Holiday Jazz Classical
Product Description
The Jazz Nutcracker, the first suite on this CD, dazzles, sparkles, and soars. It's Ellington at his most elegant and witty reinterpreting the Tchaikovsky melodies. The fusion of two musical geniuses has created a festive new holiday classic that deserves to be widely heard. I've always loved the Waltz of the Flowers--and Ellington's version, the Waltz of the Floreadores, is just sublime. But the other pieces, like the Peanut Brittle Brigade (the march of the toy soldiers) and the Volga Vouty (the Russian dance) are just pure fun. Ellington and Billy Strayhorn must have had a blast composing this music--and their joy shines through. By the way, if you ever get the chance to hear this music live--or better yet, to see it danced to--JUMP at the chance! I've had the privilege of hearing it played by the Howard U Jazz Ensemble and danced by a company from New York. There are two tracks you can hear live that are not on the CD--the Spanish dance and the dance of the Snowflakes. But the CD is a delight to jazz up your holiday season--and to enjoy year round.
1-9 below: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite / 10-14 Greig: Peer Gynt Suites No's 1 and 2 / 15-18 Ellington-Strayhorn: Suite Thursday
1. Overture
2. Toot, Toot, Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
3. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
5. Entr'acte
6. Volga Vouty, The (Russian Dance)
7. Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
8. Danse of the Floreadore (Waltz of the Flowers)
9. Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)
10. Morning Mood
11. In the Hall of the Mountain King
12. Solvejg's Song
13. Ase's Death
14. Anitra's Dance
15. Misfit Blues
16. Schwiphti
17. Zweet Zurzday
18. Lay-By
This CD is in like new mint condition, unsealed.
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