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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 16, Winter Fairy by André Previn album cover

Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 16, Winter Fairy

by André Previn

About This Song

About "Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 16, Winter Fairy" by André Previn

Winter's fairy glitters with icy harmonics and a brittle, crystalline march. Previn draws out the movement's stark beauty—snowlight on bare branches—but lets the low brass mutter beneath, a cold wind of foreboding. It's a wonderland that chills as much as it enchants, calm frozen over a shiver of dread.