I have a great love of classical music – especially symphonic music from the Romantic period – specifically, Tchaikovsky. He was a genius orchestrator, in my opinion and it’s very evident in the short, but lovely Russian Dance (Trepak) from Nutcracker.
If you’ve never seen Nutcracker in person, I highly recommend it.
I agree with everything you wrote. Tchaik is my favorite composer as well.
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