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“Whistler” is threaded with memory, family echoes, and the unsettling ease with which the past returns—so this playlist leans into close, enigmatic textures: muted strings, spare piano, and slow-breathing contemporary classical atmospheres. It uses two carefully chosen lyric tracks as emotional “bookends,” while the rest remain consistently instrumental to keep focus during reading.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Metamorphosis One
Philip Glass · Valentina Lisitsa Plays Philip Glass
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2
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488; Piano Sonata K. 333
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Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto - Tranquillo - Poco a poco stretto - Tempo primo
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Symphonies 1 - 7
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4
The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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Siegfried's Funeral Music
Georg Andersen · Epic Classical
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Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73, J. 114: I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber · Clarinet Concertos
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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8
Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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9
The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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10
Somebody Told Me
The Killers · Hot Fuss
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11
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Samuel Barber · Romantic Favorites for Strings (Expanded Edition)
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12
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
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13
Mass for Four Voices: V. Agnus Dei
Thomas Tallis · Thomas Tallis: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal
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14
Bolero
Maurice Ravel · Klassik die man kennen muss! Die größten Werke der Klassischen Musik
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites (Remastered)
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16
Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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17
An Ending (Ascent)
Brian Eno · Ascent
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18
The Shape Of Memory
Max Cooper · Feeling Is Structure
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19
The Great Gig in the Sky
Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon
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The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals · The House of the Rising Sun: Best of The Animals
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