A powerful, orchestral tour-de-force from Leyla Romanova, “Fairy Tale” stirs across both moments of sleepy lushness and compelling grandiosity. An elegant, wintry piano-driven gorgeousness takes hold initially. Lavish strings and resonating brass intermingle thereafter, falling back into twinkling keys before a fairly ominous, orchestral swell commences into the mid-point. There, ardent strings exhilarate into a brass-forward intrigue, traversing cohesively back into twinkling lushness as piano and strings guide into a satiating close.
Romanova began composing this piece seven years ago, when pregnant with her first child, Alexey. It understandably took several years to finish the production, considering the instrumentation’s intricacies in addition to an active life. The result is memorably ravishing though, impressing across both delicate and invigorating tonal ranges, within a cohesive blend of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. “Fairy Tale” is a standout success from Leyla Romanova, who describes the release as dedicated to Alexey — promising “that it would live on even when I would no longer be there – to tell his descendants about it and ask them to tell theirs.”
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The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Rainy Days and Late Night Drives.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
