Sunday Classics: Yes, it's our 3rd Annual "Very Tchaikovsky Christmas"

Deems Taylor introduces and Leopold Stokowski conducts (the Philadelphia Orchestra) in most of the Nutcracker Suite segment of Walt Disney's Fantasia: "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies," "Chinese Dance," "Dance of the Reed Flutes," "Arabian Dance," and "Russian Dance" -- missing only the final "Waltz of the Flowers" (which can be seen here).

by Ken

If you've been with us for the previews -- Nutcracker Friday night, and Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty last night -- you know the plan. Two years ago we did our first "Very Tchaikovsky Christmas" in the form of a tribute to John Lanchbery's splendid recordings of all three Tchaikovsky ballets, and last year we branched out for a little bit of everything Tchaikovsky.

We've got lots of music coming, so there will be a minimum of chatter. We're going to take the ballets in chronological order, meaning that we start with Swan Lake and finish with The Nutcracker. And speaking of Swan Lake, I can't resist pausing for this:



FOR SWAN LAKE (KURTZ & STOKOWSKI), SLEEPING BEAUTY
(MONTEUX), AND NUTCRACKER (STEINBERG) MUSIC, CLICK HERE

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