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A restrained, Paris-at-dusk sequence for Ravic’s precarious exile: intimate piano and chamber textures evoke the cafés, rain, and brief warmth of his connection with Joan, while darker, taut passages recall his buried trauma and the looming threat of war. The mood shifts gradually from wary solitude to tenderness, menace, and hard-won resolve, keeping the music instrumental and unobtrusive for reading.
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1
Gnossienne No. 2
Erik Satie · introspection
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2
Paris, Texas
Ry Cooder · Music by Ry Cooder
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3
La noyée
Yann Tiersen · My sentimental movie collection – Filmowa rapsodia na akordeon i orkiestrę
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4
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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Gnossienne No. 4
Erik Satie · Satie: The Magic of Satie
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Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, Op. 114 "Trout": II. Andante
Franz Schubert · Schubert: Trout Quintet & Arpeggione Sonata & Die Forelle
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String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
Franz Schubert · Schubert: "Death and the Maiden" D. 810 / Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 135
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1
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Intermezzo In E Flat Major, Op. 117 No. 1
Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi
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Le tombeau de Couperin: 1. Prélude (version for orchestra)
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
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11
Any Other Name
Thomas Newman · American Beauty (Original Motion Picture Score)
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12
The Chairman's Waltz (From "Memoirs of a Geisha")
John Williams · A Time for Us (Silence, on joue!)
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Schindler's List: Theme
John Williams · Selections from Cinema Serenade/Cinema Serenade 2
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14
Married Life
Michael Giacchino · Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Carl Goes Up
Michael Giacchino · Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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16
The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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The Portrait
James Horner · The Portrait
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18
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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The Hanging Tree (From "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay")
James Newton Howard · Hollywood Gala
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