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Alexandra Dariescu

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Produced by Alexandra Daliu!A whole new world of The Nutcracker!This is the second release on Signum Classics by Romanian pianist Alexandra Driescu, who has made her debuts at the Concertgebouw, the Royal Albert Hall, and Carnegie Hall, and has been highly praised by Andrs Schiff. Having presented Tchaikovskys Piano Concertos and Pretnyovs piano arrangement of *The Nutcracker* on her first release (SIGCD441), Dariu has now created a new version of *The Nutcracker* through her own original production. In *The Nutcracker and I*, performed and produced by Dariu, she herself takes on the role of a young girl who dreams of becoming a pianist. The album combines piano arrangements by renowned musicians such as Mikhail Pletnev and Percy Grainger, as well as Gavin Sutherland, and Stefan Esipovknown for his superb arrangements of The Nutcrackercombined with a new story written by author and classi