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The Women Playlist
This playlist captures the emotional complexity and resilience of the women in Kristin Hannah’s novel, blending balanced, evocative instrumental tracks from the 20th century that reflect both intimacy and strength. The selection draws from diverse genres like classical, jazz, and cinematic scores from the era matching the book’s mid-20th-century setting, enriching the narrative’s themes of love, loss, and empowerment with a nuanced, warm atmosphere that supports medium focus reading in various environments.
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Track List
27 songs
1
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82: III. Tempo I
Maurice Ravel · Ravel: The Piano Concertos
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Satie / Orch. Ducros: Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Satie: Masterpieces
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The Desert - Instrumental
Bruce Springsteen · Tracks II: The Lost Albums
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Reverie
Claude Debussy · Reverie
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Satie: 3 Mélodies sans paroles: No. 3, Marienbad
Erik Satie · Urban Pulse - Rhythms and Sounds from the Roaring City
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Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Gould Remaster)
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Les jours tristes - Instrumental
Yann Tiersen · Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)
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II. Adagio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Kegelstatt Trio
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Symphony No. 2 in B Minor: I. Allegro
Alexander Borodin · Borodin: Symphony No. 2
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Le piège de Méduse: 2. Valse
Erik Satie · Erik Satie: Œuvres pour piano solo, Tome 2
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3
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Nocturne No. 2 in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin · Complete 1950s Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
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La fille aux cheveux de lin
Claude Debussy · La fille aux cheveux de lin
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Gymnopédie No. 1. Lent et douloureux
Erik Satie · Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc.
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Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: II. Romanze. Andante non troppo con grazia
Clara Schumann · Grieg and Clara Schumann Piano Concertos
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Gabriel Faurés Pavane, Op. 50 - Instrumentale Version
Gabriel Fauré · Hintergrundmusik, Vol. 9 - Gemafreie Musik zur Beschallung von Hotels & Restaurants (inkl. Klaviermusik) [Gemafrei / Royalty Free Music]
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O du fröhliche - Instrumental
Christoph Israel · Ein Wintermärchen 2 - Weihnachtsklassiker
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Tristesse
Frédéric Chopin · Classic II
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Einaudi: The Snow Prelude No. 2
Ludovico Einaudi · Solo Piano
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6
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The Path of the Wind - Instrumental
Joe Hisaishi · My Neighbor Totoro Soundtrack Collection
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Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters
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23
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
Claude Debussy · The Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe
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Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
Johann Sebastian Bach · Glenn Gould plays Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830; Chromatic Fantasy BWV 903; Italian Concerto BWV 971; The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (excerpts); Preludes, Fugues & Fantasies
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24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo
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Sonata in C Minor, Op. 6 No. 10: III. Adagio
Tomaso Albinoni · "A Winter Classical Dream - Bach, Mozart & more"
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