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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TCHAIKOVSKY: THE NUTCRACKER (DVD AUDIO)
EAN: 0044007017326
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 30
Label: Philips
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Philips
MPN: 70173
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Philips
Release Date: December 12, 2000
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Philips
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
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Editorial Review:
Track Listing:1. Titles2. Overture3. Christmas Eve4. March5. Drosselmeyer and the distribution of presents6. The dancing puppets7. The presentation of the Nutcracker8. Grandfather's dance9. Night10. The King of Mice - the battle11. The transformation of the Nutcracker12. A pine forest in winter - Waltz of the Snowflakes13. Journey to the enchanted realm14. The arrival of Masha and the Prince15. Divertissement: Spanish Dance16. Divertissement: Arabian Dance17. Divertissement: Chinese Dance18. Divertissement: Russian Dance19. Danse des Mirlitons20. Waltz of the Flowers21. Pas de deux (Masha and the Prince)22. Tarantella (solo: The Prince)23. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (solo: Masha)24. Coda (Pas de deux)25. Final waltz and apotheosisFormat: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 044007017326
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Lovely but Somewhat Lethargic
The sets are gorgeous, music and sound is fantastic, the costumes are very well done overall, although I agree with the other criticism of the Nutcracker looking ugly and not like a nutcracker at all. True, the children were all played by adults, and the boys were played by girls, it was a little distracting, but not a huge problem for me. You can see the orchestra director's hands waving around sometimes, but it made me smile and reminded me that - after all - it was performed live.
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Rating:  - Loved it!
My 2 year old daughter loves this DVD!! She puts on the Nutcracker anytime that she thinks of it and dances, marches, and twirls! Great entertainment for both parents and kids! I watch her instead of the DVD. Even better when she wants to put on her leotard, tights, and ballet skirt!
Rating: - No one mentioned these things....
I read all the reviews for this DVD, and chose it based on that; I had decided not to go for the "star" power of some of the others, and this one sounded good. I was disappointed however, that the nutcracker doll did not look like a soldier, it was very ugly, and looked like some kind of chinaman laborer, with a que! What!? Also, the boys were all played by girls in the party scene, somewhat distracting, and why is the main character called Masha, instead of Clara? Also, the Christmas tree was white, ... Read More
Rating: - best by far
I regard this version the best by far of all Nutcrackers. It makes clear that the ballet is about a young girl's awakening to sex. The phallic Christmas tree that enlarges and rises, the battle with the "dirty" mice who represent her fears of sexuality, and the overcoming of them via the love of a faithful prince who helps her to conquer them and send them fleeing, are all spot on. Most versions don't get or convey the sexual meaning of the ballet, but rather turn it into a anodine children's story with ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful staging, but I have some reservations.
This production of Tchaikovsky's evergreen ballet "Nutcracker" is very fine, but I have some reservations about the camera work. This is a wide screen production, and having a small (13 inch) television makes it difficult to watch, as many shots are taken from a distance to see the dancers on stage interacting with each other, and in a counterpoint to one another - the architecture as a whole. I suppose the answer would be to buy a larger TV set, but this is hardly cost effective to playback of one DVD... ... Read More
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