La Comedia humana Playlist
This sequence pairs chamber music, piano, and orchestral works with Balzac’s shifting social worlds: elegant dance rhythms suggest salons and public life, while more introspective pieces evoke private ambition, sacrifice, and disillusionment. Its restrained classical palette keeps the flow focused while allowing the emotional register to move from urbane wit toward tragedy.
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40 songsEspaña, rapsodie pour orchestre
Emmanuel Chabrier · Most Famous Classical Top 150, Vol. 2
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L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, WD 40: I. Prelude "La marche des Rois"
Georges Bizet · Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites Nos.1 & 2; Carmen Suite
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"Méditation" from Thaïs
Jules Massenet · "Méditation" from Thaïs
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major: Allegretto ben moderato
César Franck · Virtuoso
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Gymnopédie No. 2
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38: II. Andante con anima
Aram Khachaturian · Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
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String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante
Alexander Borodin · Borodin: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Valse triste
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Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
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Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69 No. 1 "Farewell"
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Complete Waltzes
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Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Theme
Franz Schubert · Death and the Maiden
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): Promenade I
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
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Danse macabre, Op. 40
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 / Dance Macabre / Bacchanale / 3 Rhapsodies
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The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Moldau
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto, non tanto
Frédéric Chopin · Evgeny Kissin plays Chopin
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String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: Complete String Quartets
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Symphony No.3 "Eroica"
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
Johannes Brahms · Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83
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Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
Johannes Brahms · The 99 Most Essential Allegros
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker
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Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48: II. Walzer: Moderato, tempo di valse
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings - Grieg: Holberg Suite - Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 12d, Trépak. Danse russe
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act II)
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Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les toréadors
Georges Bizet · Bizet: Carmen Suites; L'Arlésienne Suites
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Carmen Suite No. 1: Intermezzo
Georges Bizet · Bizet: Carmen Suites/L'Arlesienne Suites/Jeux d'enfants
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L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (Arr. Guiraud): III. Menuet
Georges Bizet · Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 & 2; L'Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2
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Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales
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Le tombeau de Couperin: 1. Prélude (version for orchestra)
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
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Le tombeau de Couperin: 4. Rigaudon (version for orchestra)
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
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Boléro, M. 81
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Boléro
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: III. Allegro molto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninov: Sonatas
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Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead
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Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.
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Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XII. Fossiles
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.
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Gymnopédie No. 3
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: Passepied
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Clair De Lune and Other Piano Favourites
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Children's Corner, L. 113: III. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Clair De Lune and Other Piano Favourites
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Same book, another mood