The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Tableau 3. No. 14 Pas de deux: Variation 2: Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy

~ Recording by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

Annotation

Recording Location: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland

Annotation last modified on 2013-10-05 09:58 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.3The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: Pas de deux: No. 14c: Variation 2 (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)1:59Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThe Nutcracker / Suite No. 3 / Suite No. 4 ‘Mozartiana’Tchaikovsky; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest AnsermetAlbum
  • -2009
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)480 0557, 480 0558, 480 0559
6.3The Nutcracker: Act 2. Variation No. 2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy1:59Пётр Ильич ЧайковскийThe Great Ballets: The Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty / Swan LakeTchaikovsky; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest AnsermetAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-03-23
Brilliant Classics
17.3The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II: no. 14: Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy1:59Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyTchaikovsky EditionPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyAlbum + Compilation
Brilliant Classics93980
61.3The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Tableau 3. No. 14 Pas de deux: Variation 2: Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy1:59Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThe Stereo YearsErnest AnsermetAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2023-06-03
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)485 1583
6.3The Nutcracker: Act Two, No. 14. Pas de deux: Variation II. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy1:59Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThe Great Ballets: The Nutcracker / Sleeping Beauty / Swan LakeTchaikovsky; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest AnsermetAlbum + Compilation
Brilliant Classics94031

Relationships

engineer:James Timms (task: mono)
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo)
producer:James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
orchestra:Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1956-10-17 until 1956-10-30)
conductor:Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1956-10-17 until 1956-10-30)
recorded at:Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1956-10-17 until 1956-10-30)
recording of:Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже (The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy, Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) (from 1956-10-17 until 1956-10-30)

Related works

Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже (The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy, Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)

composer:Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
referred to in medleys:A Mad Russian’s Christmas (order: 1)
later versions:Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (catch-all for arrangements)
part of:Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2) (order: 12)
has revision:The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: b) Danse de la Fée-Dragée. Andante ma non troppo
arrangements:Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (arr. Xavier de Maistre, from “The Nutcracker, op. 71” by Tchaikovsky)
Danse of the Sugar Plum Fairies (arr. for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones)
Faeries
The Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (arr. Thompson)
The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy, Extract (Arrangement for solo piano by Pauline Hall)
music quoted in:Daisy (Toy Story 3)