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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12b, Divertissement. Coffee, Arabian Dance
by André Previn
About This Song
About "Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12b, Divertissement. Coffee, Arabian Dance" by André Previn
Previn draws out the Arabian Dance’s slinking, smoke-curled exoticism—a slow-burn coil of bassoon and strings. Beneath the stately divertissement, a quiet menace smolders, like coffee grounds settling in a porcelain cup. The calm is deceptive; desire and danger steep together in Tchaikovsky’s perfumed night.