Pletnev's transcription of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite

[pytheamateur]

Does anyone know where I can get a copy?  It's still under copyright so I'm not trying to get it for free.  If anyone know where I can buy it online or have details on the publishers that would be great.  Thanks.

[49410enrique]

hmm it's a toughy to find, i'm not sure its in wide distribution in the USA (if you're in the states),  these guys will sell you a copy for download:

https://www.pianorarescores.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=34

if you decide not to go this route, send me a pm i'll see if i can find an alternative for you, it's as beautiful a work as it difficult to get a hold of (i don't have a hard copy myself but i'd like to also).

[pytheamateur]

hmm it's a toughy to find, i'm not sure its in wide distribution in the USA (if you're in the states),  these guys will sell you a copy for download:

https://www.pianorarescores.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=34

if you decide not to go this route, send me a pm i'll see if i can find an alternative for you, it's as beautiful a work as it difficult to get a hold of (i don't have a hard copy myself but i'd like to also).

Thanks for the offer.  I was actually after a transcription of the Flower Waltz and assumed that it was also in Pletnev's transcription.  I listened to youtube, the Pletnev transcription is beautiful but too difficult for me.

As for the Flower Waltz, I found a Percy Grainger paraphrase.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

hmm it's a toughy to find, i'm not sure its in wide distribution in the USA (if you're in the states),  these guys will sell you a copy for download:

https://www.pianorarescores.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=34

Yes, "they" will happily sell you other people's scans. The score can be got for free if you know where to look.

[thalbergmad]

I strongly advise people not to buy from that site. To my knowledge, they have nothing that cannot be obtained elsewhere for free and are the leeches of the sheet music world.

Thal

[49410enrique]

I strongly advise people not to buy from that site. To my knowledge, they have nothing that cannot be obtained elsewhere for free and are the leeches of the sheet music world.

Thal

yikes! they sound scummy thank you!

[49410enrique]

if you are after a good and accurate transcription take a gander the Taneyev transcription of the entire ballet, he faithfully put down everynote in as close to the original orchestration as possible (for many years it was used in ballet schools for rehearsals since the dancers needed to practice with the right musical cues but it was terribly impractical to drag the entire orchestra to each rehearsal).

pdf.

be warned I have performed from this (not the waltz yet but others, Taneyev was a phenomenal pianist this is definitely not easy to play out of but is quite lovely, you're well rewarded for your effort here)
the excerpt you're looking for i'm sure is in there somewhere

[pytheamateur]

if you are after a good and accurate transcription take a gander the Taneyev transcription of the entire ballet, he faithfully put down everynote in as close to the original orchestration as possible (for many years it was used in ballet schools for rehearsals since the dances needed to practice with the right musical cues but it was terribly impractical to drag the entire orchestra to each rehearsal).

pdf.

be warned I have performed from this (not the waltz yet but others, Taneyev was a phenomenal pianist this is definitely not easy to play out of but is quite lovely, you're well rewarded for your effort here)
the excerpt you're looking for i'm sure is in there somewhere

What a gem.  Many thanks for the file!

[nlmda]

And oh the Pletnev stuff, which I would love to buy but cannot due to unavailability in EU.

Google gave this link: 
https://wendyhyperwitch.blogspot.com/2009/01/nutcracker-suite-for-piano-solo.html

[nlmda]

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[birba]

This is wonderful.. Thanks people!!!  How do you do this?  I'm thinking of buying a scanner, because I have lots of music I can share with people.  But is it difficult to use?  And what is the best brand?

[pytheamateur]

part 2

Thank you!

[49410enrique]

fyi i'd check if that stuff is pd or if it is still copyrighted. if so, strong reccommendation is to take it down asap, the publishers give the site owners/mods hell for copyright infringment and i believe it's against forum rules to put that kind of stuff up (i don't know if they just kick you our or what) but i know i put something up i thouhgt was not cr and was told it was and to take it down right away.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

The Taneyev is interesting!

Also try this link:
https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker,_suite,_Op.71a_%28Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr_Ilyich%29#Arrangements_and_Transcriptions
for a variety of arrangements.

The Esipoff version of the Waltz of the Flowers is pretty accessible.

[49410enrique]

The Taneyev is interesting!

Also try this link:
https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker,_suite,_Op.71a_%28Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr_Ilyich%29#Arrangements_and_Transcriptions
for a variety of arrangements.

The Esipoff version of the Waltz of the Flowers is pretty accessible.

it is a great work, and you get access to such great music not normally seen for solo piano since the suite is more commonly played.

some background info if anyone's interested (excerpt from some program notes i wrote up last year around this time for a music hour performance, sort of like a dept multi-student showcase recital):

"...Tchaikovsky’s three greatest ballets are fixtures in the repertoire of both ballet companies and symphony orchestras: Swan Lake (1876), The Sleeping Beauty (1889), and The Nutcracker (1892), and Nutcracker is the most popular of all. Composed for a ballet performance in St. Petersburg during the Christmas season of 1892, it remains a staple of the ballet repertoire—in fact for most American ballet companies, annual holiday Nutcracker productions often help to pay the bills for the rest of the season. Despite its enduring fame, he was convinced at the time that he had written a flop. He didn’t particularly like the E.T.A. Hoffmann story that was selected as the basis for the ballet, and fought with the original choreographer about every detail of phrasing. Thankfully, Tchaikovsky’s musical instincts prevailed, and he created a score full of wonderfully evocative music.
Most are familiar with both the ballet and the long-standing "Nutcracker Suite" (eight pieces from the score selected by Tchaikovsky himself in 1893) and have most probably been heard with an originally-intentioned full orchestra. However, back when the ballet was first written--Tchaikovsky asked his close friend, pupil (composer and overly harsh critic) Sergei Taneyev to write a piano transcription of the entire score to be used for rehearsals in ballet schools. Taneyev understood Tchaikovsky's musical sensibilities better than anyone--and (while possessing supreme technical ability on the piano)--managed to transcribe every note of the amazing score to "The Nutcracker" into an approximately 176-page book for piano. It was originally published only in Russia in 1892 not long after the ballet premiered..."