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The story, setting, and characters are unknown, so this playlist does not assign it an invented plot or cultural context. Its instrumental pieces move between steady forward motion, spacious pauses, and restrained tension, taking the title’s suggestion of running as a light point of departure while remaining suitable for focused reading.
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20 songs
1
Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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2
La noyée
Yann Tiersen · My sentimental movie collection – Filmowa rapsodia na akordeon i orkiestrę
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3
Says
Nils Frahm · Spaces
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4
First Breath After Coma
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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5
A Walk
Tycho · Dive
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6
Near Light
Ólafur Arnalds · Living Room Songs
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The Blue Hour
Federico Albanese · The Blue Hour
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The Pearl
Harold Budd · Wind In Lonely Fences 1970 - 2011
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The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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10
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Fauré · This is Fauré
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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13
Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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14
Aerial Boundaries
Michael Hedges · Aerial Boundaries
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15
Your Hand in Mine
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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16
Weightless
Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4
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17
Opening
Philip Glass · Philip Glass Solo
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The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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Breathturn
Hammock · Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts (Deluxe Edition)
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