La Comedia humana
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La Comedia humana Playlist

by Honoré de Balzac, Aurelio Garzón del Camino

40 tracks
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Nov 3, 2026
3 mixes for this book

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 songs
1

España, 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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4

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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12

Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): Promenade I

Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

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13

Danse macabre, Op. 40

Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 / Dance Macabre / Bacchanale / 3 Rhapsodies

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14

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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35

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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37

Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie

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38

Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: Passepied

Claude Debussy · Debussy: Clair De Lune and Other Piano Favourites

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39

Children's Corner, L. 113: III. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk

Claude Debussy · Debussy: Clair De Lune and Other Piano Favourites

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40

Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, L. 86

Claude Debussy · Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, La mer & Jeux

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