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This playlist moves between French impressionism, British pastoral music, chamber works and later compositions that echo the era’s changing musical landscape. Its shifts from introspection to warmth and national feeling reflect the novel’s focus on two composers, their friendship and the cultures that shaped them; the final songs bring those national voices into focus.
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20 songs
1
Jeux d'eau, M. 30
Maurice Ravel · Martha Argerich plays Schumann & Ravel
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Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2 In A Minor, Op.13, MWV R22: 1. Adagio Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn · Encores
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The Banks of Green Willow
George Butterworth · A Concert of English Music
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Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio Assai
Maurice Ravel · Gershwin, G.: Piano Concerto in F Major / Ravel, M.: Piano Concerto in G Major
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Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a: Theme. Chorale St Antoni
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: Symphony No.2 In D Major, Op. 73; Variations On A Theme By Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
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Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major. Andante
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Nocturnes - Sony Classical Originals
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String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
Franz Schubert · Schubert: String Quartets No. 14 "Death and the Maiden" & No. 13 "Rosamunde"
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: II. Andantino
Robert Schumann · Schubert & Schumann: Piano Sonatas
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Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: Complete Symphonies
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The Four Seasons: Winter, Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, Op. 8 No. 4: II. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 / Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1
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The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · The Delius Collection Volume 3
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Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse
Gabriel Fauré · The Best of French Classical Music
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Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Rimski-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Stravinsky: Le chant du rossignol
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15
Parry: Jerusalem
Choir of King's College, Cambridge · Songs Of Praise: Much Loved Hymns
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Rule, Britannia!
Thomas Arne · Britannia
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D'un matin de printemps
Lili Boulanger · Boulanger: Faust et Hélène
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Chausson: Poème, Op. 25
Ernest Chausson · Chausson: Poème, Op. 25 & Concert, Op. 21
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El Amor brujo: Danza ritual del fuego (Para ahuyentar los malos espíritus) - Escena (Ballet version)
Manuel de Falla · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos
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On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Frederick Delius · On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
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