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A mostly acoustic, instrumental journey through Britain: pastoral orchestral writing evokes the green countryside, while chamber music and understated modern pieces suit Bryson’s close attention to streets, stations, and everyday oddities. The sequence moves between warmth, curiosity, gentle humor, and the wistfulness of a valedictory trip, without turning the book’s many local details into generic travel music.
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20 songs
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Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Frederick Delius · On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
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Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 1, Dawn
Benjamin Britten · Britten: Four Sea Interludes, Passacaglia from Peter Grimes & Sinfonia da Requiem
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Tintagel
Arnold Bax · Bax: Symphony No. 7 / Tintagel
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The Banks of Green Willow
George Butterworth · Butterworth: Orchestral Works
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Capriol Suite: I. Basse-Danse
Peter Warlock · I. Basse-Danse
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English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807: IV. Sarabande
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: The 6 English Suites
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": II. Lento
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, 'London' / The Wasps Overture
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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: The Piano Sonatas
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Rhapsody ‘A Shropshire Lad’
George Butterworth · Butterworth: Orchestral Works
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The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1 Op. 1a: 1. Overture
Edward Elgar · Elgar: The Wand Of Youth Suites; Songs From The Starlight Express; Dream Children
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Piano Concerto in F Major: II. Adagio - Andante con moto
George Gershwin · Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris & Piano Concerto
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Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
George Frideric Handel · Baroque Orchestral Music
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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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The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
Claude Debussy · The Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe
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Piano Phase
Steve Reich · Early Works
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The Holy Boy
John Ireland · Ireland: Orchestral and Choral Works
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A Song Before Sunrise
Frederick Delius · Delius: Orchestral Works
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