NUTCRACKER SUITE (1937 RCA Victor 78rpm)

Frederick Stock conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893. Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker, Op. 71a. Completed 1892, first performance March 19, in St. Petersburg. Scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, glockenspiel, tympani, harp, celesta, and strings. Read more: http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prognotes/tchaikovsky/nut-suite.html FREDERICK STOCK (photo) Born November 11, 1872, Jülich, Germany. Died October 20, 1942, Chicago, Illinois. Read More: http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=7,3,1,4,2