Various Composers - Nutcracker Unwrapped (Asya Fateyeva)

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1. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: March & Walk
2. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: Sugarhigh Fairy
3. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: Tarantulas Bite
4. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: In Between
5. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: 3-Pack
6. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: Sketches of 1001 Nights
7. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: Dance to the East
8. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: Pas de Doux
9. Wolf Kerschek - Nuts, Crackers and Borrowed Pieces for Saxophone and Orchestra: Valse des Fleurs No. 2
10. Traditional - O Jesulein Zart (arr. Winnie Brückner)
11. Jiři Třanovsky - Rosu Dejte (arr. Winnie Brückner)
12. Traditional - The Snow It Melts the Soonest (arr. Winnie Brückner)
13. Traditional - Noël Nouvellet (arr. Winnie Brückner)
14. Benjamin Britten - Corpus Christi Carol (arr. Winnie Brückner)
15. Mykola Leontovych - Carol of the Bells (arr. Winnie Brückner)
16. Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Winnie Brückner)
17. Mel Tormé, Robert Wells, James Lord Pierpont, Felix Bernard - Weihnachts Medley (arr. Christoph Israel)
18. John Francis Wade - Adeste Fideles (arr. Christoph Israel)
19. Traditional - Es ist ein Schnee Gefallen (arr. Winnie Brückner)

Asya Fateyeva, saxophone

Niniwe Vocal Art

Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Vilmantas Kaliunas, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Berlin Classics

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Asya Fateyeva’s new album offers a fresh musical journey through winter and the Christmas season, featuring a new arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker by Wolf Kerschek for saxophone and orchestra, performed with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. The program also includes beloved holiday favorites such as Carol of the Bells and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, recorded in collaboration with the vocal ensemble Niniwe Vocal Art. Blending classical tradition with festive warmth, the album highlights Fateyeva’s expressive artistry and the versatility of the saxophone in a richly atmospheric celebration of the season.

Born in Crimea in 1990, Asya Fateyeva is a classical saxophonist known for her expressive artistry and wide-ranging repertoire, spanning Baroque to contemporary music. A passionate advocate for the saxophone’s place in classical performance, she teaches at the Musikhochschule Münster and was formerly a member of the renowned Alliage Quintet. Fateyeva has won major prizes, including the German Music Competition (2012) and third prize at the Adolphe Sax Competition (2014), as well as the Berenberg Culture Prize (2015). She has performed with leading orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony and Moscow Virtuosi and appears at prominent international festivals.