El ballet de Tchaikovsky que no necesita presentación, cobra vida en su totalidad a través de Gustavo Dudamel y la Orquesta Filarmónica de Los Ángeles. Con danzas favoritas como "El Vals de los Copos de Nieve" y "La Danza del Hada de Azúcar", esta nueva grabación de El Cascanueces es la primera en la nueva colaboración de Deutsche Grammophon con la Filarmónica de Los Ángeles y Dudamel.
Disc 1
1. Overture
2. No. 1 Decoration and Illumination of the Christmas Tree
3. No. 2 March
4. No. 3 Children's Galop and Entry of the Parents
5. No. 4 Arrival of Drosselmeyer
6. No. 5 Presentation of the Nutcracker and Grandfather's Dance
7. No. 6 Clara and the Nutcracker
8. No. 7 The Nutcracker Battles the Army of the Mouse King - He Wins and Is Transformed into Prince Charming
9. No. 8 A Pine Forest in Winter, 10. No. 9 Waltz of the Snowflakes
Disc 2
1. No. 10 The Magic Castle on the Mountain of Sweets
2. No. 11 Clara and Prince Charming
3. No. 12a Divertissement: Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
4. No. 12b Divertissement: Coffee (Arabian Dance)
5. No. 12c Divertissement: Tea (Chinese Dance)
6. No. 12d Divertissement: Trépak (Russian Dance)
7. No. 12e Divertissement: Dance of the Reed Pipes
8. No. 12f Divertissement: Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
9. No. 13 Waltz of the Flowers
10. No. 14a Pas de deux. The Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy: Intrada
11. No. 14b Pas de deux. The Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy: Variation I
12. No. 14c Pas de deux. The Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
13. No. 14d Pas de deux. The Prince and the Sugar- Plum Fairy: Coda
14. No. 15 Final Waltz and Apotheosis
