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A measured mix of intimate instrumentals and postwar songs evokes Waterford's orderly public face and the grief and unrest beneath it. The instrumental opening moves from quiet reflection toward unease; the vocal half brings in the era's popular music alongside songs that speak to Lewis's isolation, family tensions, and difficult return.
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20 songs
1
Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato
Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Simple Symphony, etc.
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 "Pathétique", 9, 10 & 11
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24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Evening Around 1831 Pleyel
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "on the G String"
Johann Sebastian Bach · Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Samuel Barber · Barber: Cello Concerto - Medea Suite - Adagio for Strings
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Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 6
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Nuvole Bianche
Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina
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8
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · Film Music and Instrumentals (A Kutmusic Sampler, Vol. 2)
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9
Moonlight Serenade
Glenn Miller · Pure Gold
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10
Mad About The Boy
Dinah Washington · The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 7 (1961)
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11
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
The Platters · Remember When?
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12
All I Have to Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers · I Only Hear You When I Sleep
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13
Only You (And You Alone)
The Platters · Only You (And You Alone)
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14
I can't get started
Frank Sinatra · Simply ... Blue Eyes! (The 2020 Remasters)
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15
I Fall To Pieces - Single Version
Patsy Cline · Showcase
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16
The End of the World
Skeeter Davis · Skeeter Davis: RCA Country Legend
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17
Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen · Songs of Love and Hate
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18
No Surprises
Radiohead · OK Computer
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The Drugs Don't Work
The Verve · The Drugs Don't Work
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