Crimen y castigo

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Crimen y castigo Playlist

by Fiódor Dostoievski

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 13, 2026

This playlist traces Raskolnikov’s feverish isolation in nineteenth-century Petersburg, the pressure of guilt, and the possibility of moral renewal through Sonia’s compassion. The instrumental opening moves between claustrophobic unease and fragile calm; the vocal half turns toward poverty, alienation, confession, and the hard-won hope of redemption.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

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2

Esja

Hania Rani · Esja

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3

Only The Winds

Ólafur Arnalds · Music For Mindfulness

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4

Sleeping Lotus

Joep Beving · Solipsism

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5

Threnody

Goldmund · The Malady Of Elegance

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6

The Blue Hour

Federico Albanese · The Blue Hour

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7

Ruins

Portico Quartet · Portico Quartet

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8

Window

The Album Leaf · In A Safe Place

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9

Ashes in the Snow

MONO · Holy Ground: NYC Live with the Wordless Music Orchestra

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10

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541/3

Franz Liszt · Liszt: Piano Works

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11

Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, "Venetianisches Gondellied"

Felix Mendelssohn · Melody

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12

Opening

Philip Glass · Hope Street Tunnel Blues: Music for Piano By Philip Glass and Alvin Curran

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13

The Mercy Seat - 2010 Remaster

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Tender Prey (2010 Remaster)

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14

John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Sufjan Stevens · Illinois

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15

Redemption Song

Bob Marley & The Wailers · Uprising

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16

The Drugs Don't Work

The Verve · Urban Hymns (Super Deluxe / Remastered 2016)

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17

How to Disappear Completely

Radiohead · Kid A

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18

The River

Bruce Springsteen · The River

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19

Everybody Hurts

R.E.M. · Automatic For The People

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20

I Know It's Over

The Smiths · Haunting Ballads

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