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This playlist moves from the stately, old-house atmosphere of a Scottish Christmas gathering into the unease of a reunion shadowed by a long-ago disappearance. Classical, chamber, and atmospheric instrumentals evoke the group's 1920s murder-game theatrics, while the vocal selections turn toward secrets, suspicion, memory, and the strained intimacy of old friends.
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20 songs
1
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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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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Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Kleine Nachtmusik (Eine) / Serenata Notturna / Divertimento No. 10
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4
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Valse triste
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Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Edward Elgar · English Festival
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Purcell: Chaconne in G minor: Chaconne in G minor
Henry Purcell · The Scottish Baroque Ensemble in Concert
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Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor
Tomaso Albinoni · Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor
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The Man Who Sold the World - 2015 Remaster
David Bowie · The Man Who Sold the World (2015 Remaster)
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Little Lies - 2017 Remaster
Fleetwood Mac · Tango In the Night (Deluxe Edition)
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10
Who Can It Be Now?
Men At Work · Business As Usual
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Behind Blue Eyes
The Who · Who's Next (Deluxe Edition)
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12
Somebody's Watching Me
Rockwell · Somebody's Watching Me
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13
The Curse
Agnes Obel · Aventine
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14
Everybody Knows
Leonard Cohen · I'm Your Man
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The Name Of The Game
ABBA · The Album
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16
Private Eyes
Daryl Hall & John Oates · Private Eyes (Expanded Edition)
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17
A House Is Not a Home
Luther Vandross · Never Too Much
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18
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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Holberg Suite, Op. 40: IV. Air
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Holberg Suite
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