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This sequence follows Clamence from the poised surface of the bar and his remembered Parisian confidence into the darker, circling currents of Amsterdam and his confession. French chanson, jazz, and reflective instrumental pieces evoke the book’s cultural setting and its shifts between charm, desire, guilt, and judgment.
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20 songs
1
Nuages
Django Reinhardt · Nuages
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2
Lonely Woman
Ornette Coleman · The Shape Of Jazz To Come
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3
Recuerdos De La Alhambra
Francisco Tárrega · In The Spanish Style
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4
Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: Asturias (Leyenda)
Isaac Albéniz · Albéniz: Ibéria; Navarra; Suite Española
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Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Joaquín Rodrigo · Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez & Fantasía para un Gentilhombre
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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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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23
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8
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · Film Music and Instrumentals (A Kutmusic Sampler, Vol. 2)
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Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Evening Around 1831 Pleyel
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11
Amsterdam
Jacques Brel · AMSTERDAM (Edition limitée maxi 45 t)
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12
Ne me quitte pas
Jacques Brel · La Valse A Mille Temps (Vol.4)
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13
La javanaise
Serge Gainsbourg · N°4
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14
Sous le ciel de Paris
Édith Piaf · Eternelle
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15
Les feuilles mortes
Yves Montand · Chante Prevert
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La Foule
Édith Piaf · Eternelle
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17
Göttingen
Barbara · Barbara - N°2
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18
Le temps de l'amour - Stereo Mix
Françoise Hardy · Tous les garçons et les filles
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The Future
Leonard Cohen · The Future
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