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A light instrumental mix of nimble piano, bright chamber textures, and easygoing jazz reflects the book’s playful search for words, pictures, animals, and shapes. Its varied but mostly gentle energy suits short puzzle sessions without suggesting a plot or setting the book does not provide.
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20 songs
1
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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Songs without Words, Op. 19, No. 1 in E Major: Andante con moto
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn
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16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat Major
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: 10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 - 16 Waltzes, Op. 39
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4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-flat major
Franz Schubert · Schubert
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5
Kiss The Rain
Yiruma · From The Yellow Room (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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Butterfly Waltz
Brian Crain · Piano and Cello Duet
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Sundial Dreams
Kevin Kern · In the Enchanted Garden
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White Keys
Chilly Gonzales · Solo Piano II
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Watermelon Man
Herbie Hancock · Head Hunters
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10
Blue Rondo à la Turk
The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out
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Song For My Father
Horace Silver · Song For My Father
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12
Linus And Lucy
Vince Guaraldi Trio · Charlie Brown Holiday Hits
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13
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · Film Music and Instrumentals (A Kutmusic Sampler, Vol. 2)
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14
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin · The Entertainer
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15
Gymnopédie No. 2
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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2 Arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 in E Major
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Piano Works, Vol. 1
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Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano
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Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
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Prelude in C Major, BWV 846
Johann Sebastian Bach · J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
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