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My lovely Japanese girlfriend enjoys teasing me about my love of Tchaikowsky.  She thinks his music is too "sweet" and "romantic".

I do love listening to Tchaikowsky, even Nutcracker.  Yes, it is sweet and catchy.  Maybe it is making her crazy that it is Nutcracker season and I am playing too many times.  I have only one version on your list of favorites, in addition to other versions. 

The most peculiar I have is Karajan conducting Vienna.  He makes Tchaikowsky sound like Wagner, turning sweet and romantic into a plodding military march.  My favorite is Rostropovich conducting Berlin, for its playful, dancing quality. 

bty, I enjoyed watching video of Nutcracker at your house.  I will attend my first viewing of the Nutcracker ballet in a couple of weeks.  Of course she has seen it many times.  I will enjoy driving her crazy playing Nutcracker a few hundred times this season.

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