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The instrumental pieces move between intimate piano and strings, spacious ambient textures, and quietly searching classical music, reflecting both a relationship’s private longing and the scale of discovery at the world’s edge. Three restrained vocal songs close the playlist with lyrics about love, time, and holding on to one another.
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1
A Bird came down the Walk
Toru Takemitsu · Milhaud: 4 Visages / Enescu: Concert Piece
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Watermusic II
William Basinski · Watermusic II
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Breathturn
Hammock · Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts (Deluxe Edition)
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Sublimit
Autechre · Untilted
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The Departure
Michael Nyman · Gattaca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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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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To Build A Home
The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur
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A Gallant Gentleman
We Lost The Sea · Departure Songs
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The Last Dive of David Shaw
We Lost The Sea · Departure Songs
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Alberto Balsalm
Aphex Twin · ...I Care Because You Do
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The Poet Acts
Philip Glass · The Hours (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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12
Elegy For The Arctic
Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home
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13
The Blue Notebooks
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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14
Near Light
Ólafur Arnalds · Living Room Songs
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15
Mystery of Love
Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love
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Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Credo
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17
Become Ocean
John Luther Adams · John Luther Adams: The Become Trilogy
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18
Music For A Found Harmonium
Penguin Cafe Orchestra · Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)
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QKThr
Aphex Twin · Drukqs
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