CD of the week: Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Rattle & Berlin Phil

Monday 8 November: CD of the Week is Simon Rattle's latest release on EMI Classics.

“Some of the tunes are so famous that you even forget that someone had to write them. We fell in love with this music, rehearsing and performing it, and we think it’s magic”. So said Simon Rattle about his new CD of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Surprisingly, the release marks the conductor’s very first recording of Tchaikovsky’s music – and it’s one of several releases this season celebrating Rattle’s 30th anniversary on the EMI Classics label.

Join John Suchet every morning, from 10:00 o'clock to listen to a specially chosen CD of the Week.