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Voyage Au Bout De La Nuit Playlist
Céline’s journey runs from the trenches of the First World War through colonial Africa and industrial America to a bleak, exhausted Paris, following Bardamu’s flight from violence and his growing distrust of every promise of progress. The instrumentals trace that shifting landscape—from mechanized dread and restless travel to moments of uneasy stillness—while the songs evoke war’s absurdity, colonial exploitation, precarious labor, and Bardamu’s alienated, unsparing view of humanity.
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20 songs
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The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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The Chairman Dances
John Adams · American Classics
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Dance of the Knights
Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets
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The Rite of Spring, K 015: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring (Dance of the Young Girls)
Igor Stravinsky · Eötvös Conducts Stravinsky
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Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII. Andante cantabile
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rhapsody
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Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: I. Joc cu bata. Allegro moderato - Arr. for Violin and Piano
Béla Bartók · Kopatchinskaja - Say
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Libertango
Astor Piazzolla · Libertango - Buenos Aires Hora Cero
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Vertigo: Prelude
Bernard Herrmann · Murder at the Symphony
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Le déserteur
Boris Vian · Le déserteur
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La Java Des Bombes Atomiques
Boris Vian · Le Code De La Route Et Chansons Humoristiques
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Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday
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I Ain't Got No Home
Woody Guthrie · Before Bob Dylan: 100 Recordings
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Mon légionnaire
Édith Piaf · 50 succès essentiels
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Amsterdam
Jacques Brel · AMSTERDAM (Edition limitée maxi 45 t)
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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Nina Simone · Silk & Soul (Expanded Edition)
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God's Away On Business
Tom Waits · Blood Money (Remastered)
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The Words That Maketh Murder
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake
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The Mercy Seat - 2010 Remaster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Tender Prey (2010 Remaster)
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